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HFESTG - Forensics
Episode 52
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Members of the Forensics Professional Group are interested in all aspects of human factors as applied to litigation matters, both civil and criminal. FPG…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Time Studies
Episode 51
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! A time study is a structured process of directly observing and measuring human work using a timing device to establish the time required for completion o…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Episode 50
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an association dedicated to advancing innovation and technological excellence for the ben…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Chernobyl (Part 4)
Episode 49
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! In our previous Human Factors Minute on the Chernobyl disaster, we mentioned that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had released a report det…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Safety Culture
Episode 48
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Safety culture is about what people do (safety-related behaviours); how people feel (individual and group values, attitudes and perceptions) as well as w…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Wizard of Oz
Episode 47
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! The Wizard of Oz method is a process that allows a user to interact with an interface without knowing that the responses are being generated by a human r…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Task Analysis Techniques
Episode 46
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Task analysis is a fundamental methodology in the assessment and reduction of human error. A wide variety of different task analysis methods exist, and i…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Chernobyl (Part 3)
Episode 45
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Let's take a look at the Human Error that contributed to the Chernobyl disaster. Many believe the disaster was caused by ‘human error’, based on early r…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
HFESTG - Education
Episode 44
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Did you know that the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society has 24 technical groups that are concerned with the human factors aspects of specific applicati…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Systems Engineering
Episode 43
...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago