Human Performance Engineering Designing High Quality Professional User Interfaces for Computer Products, Applications and Systems

by Bailey, Robert N.

• ISBN13: 9780131496347
• ISBN10: 0131496344
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-31
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Introducing a proven user interface design model for the design and development of high-quality user interfaces, this new edition is a professional guide to designing traditional graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and object- oriented graphical user interfaces, plus high-quality character-based interfaces, and state- of-the-art multimedia user interfaces.Covers prototyping and usability testing; multimedia user interfaces, including discussions of sound, high- resolution images, and full-motion video; task analysis; the three most popular statistical methods; and documentation and training issues.For user interface specialists, programmers, systems analysts, system designers, project leaders, and system engineers.

Author Biography

Robert W. Bailey is the President of Computer Psychology, Inc., a consulting and education company. He approaches the issues relating to human factors, usability, and user interface design from the perspective of a computer psychologist with over 30 years of experience. Dr. Bailey has served on the faculties of numerous schools, including Columbia University and Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also the author of Human Performance Engineering: A Guide for System Designers, and Human Error In Computer Systems.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY.

1. Human Engineering Acceptable Performance.

II. THE HUMAN.

2. Human Limits and Differences.
3. Sensing and Responding.
4. Cognitive Processing and Performance.
5. Memory.
6. Motivation.

III. THE ACTIVITY.

7. Iterative Design and Prototyping.
8. Usability Studies and Usability Testing.
9. Product Analysis and Definition.
10. Input and Output Devices.
11. Task Analysis.
12. Interaction Issues.
13. Presentation Issues and User Guidance.

IV. FACILITATING HUMAN PERFORMANCE.

14. Written Instructions.
15. Training Development.

V. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.

16. Usability Optimization.
17. Physical and Social Environment.
18. Conducting Comparison Studies Using Statistics.
19. Appendix A. Human Performance Engineering (Usability) Resources.
20. Appendix B. Guidelines for Developing Questionnaires.
21. Appendix C. Guidelines for Designing Forms.
22. Workplace Design.