Episode Details

Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups?

One of those is the HFE/HSI SubTAG.

This SubTAG's area of interest includes DoD and service HSI policy, HSI initiatives (Army MANPRINT, Air Force IMPACTS, Navy HSI), interservice inconsistencies in the acquisition process, feedback of lessons learned from test results and field operations to human factors engineers, and the identification of problems during application of HSI tools, technologies, standards, or guidance. Industry/government, higher/lower staff echelon, and support relations are of prime interest.

According to DOD Directive 5000.2, Human System Integration (HSI) is concerned with both the application of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) during weapon system acquisition and modification, and the prediction of HFE consequences on manpower, personnel, training, safety, and health/biomedical requirements. The purpose of this subgroup is to explore how policies, procedures, and practice can best facilitate HSI. The directive's emphasis is more on management and communication than on technology, more on acquisition than research and development, and more on the application of HSI tools than on the tools themselves. Typical topics of interest would include RFP preparation, source selection, design analysis, design reviews, interaction between staffs of different services/represented organizations, interaction between human factors engineers and other system engineers, review of contractor data submissions, test planning, evaluation or research products in the application environment, and coordinated research and development request activity.

To find out more about the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group, and its sub Technical Advisory Groups, visit the HFE TAG website (https://rt.cto.mil/ddre-rt/dd-rtl/hfetag/).

Be sure to check out our main show at our official website: https://www.humanfactorscast.media

Support us on these platforms to get access to the entire Human Factors Minute library:

• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humanfactorscast
• Buy us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hfactorspodcast

Join us on Discord:https://go.humanfactorscast.media/Discord

Follow us:

• Human Factors Cast Merchandise Store: https://www.humanfactorscast.media/p/Store/
• Follow us on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/HumanFactorsCast
• Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/HumanFactorsCast
• Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorscast
• Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/HFactorsPodcast
• Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanFactorsCast

Resources:

• Music by Kevin McLeod: https://incompetech.com/music/