Supporting cognitive work analysis with the Work Domain Analysis Workbench (WDAW)

Author

Skilton, Walter ; Cameron, Stuart ; Sanderson, Penelope

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, Vic., Australia

fYear

1998

fDate

30 Nov-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

260

Lastpage

267

Abstract

Conceptual development in a new area of investigation can be slowed by the absence of appropriate instruments, or speeded by their presence. In this paper we argue that supporting software tools are needed if cognitive work analysis (CWA) is to come a viable approach to the design of interactive systems and interfaces. We present work in progress on the Work Domain Analysis Workbench (WDAW) and discuss conceptual issues that have emerged during development. WDAW is designed to support work domain analysis which provides the foundation for CWA

Keywords

human factors; interactive systems; software tools; task analysis; user interfaces; WDAW; Work Domain Analysis Workbench; cognitive work analysis; interactive system design; software tools; user interfaces; work domain analysis; Boundary conditions; Electrical capacitance tomography; Humans; Information analysis; Information technology; Instruments; Interactive systems; Laboratories; Performance analysis; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Human Interaction Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Australasian

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9206-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732223

Filename

732223