Human reliability and workload in product design with different frequencies of interruption

Author

Djaloeis, R. ; Duckwitz, S. ; Hinsch, M. ; Feldhusen, J. ; Schlick, Christopher M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Ind. Eng. & Ergonomics (IAW), RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

1406

Lastpage

1410

Abstract

Product design requirements are often volatile and require human input. To create a deeper understanding of human reliability in product design, a phase-dependent multi aspect taxonomy for the description and analysis of human reliability in product design has been developed. Based on this theory, different research hypotheses regarding the effects of the variable “frequency of interruption” on the quota of fulfilled product requirements and on workload, frustration and effort were formulated and empirically analyzed by conducting a laboratory experiment with 79 students from a master program in mechanical engineering of RWTH Aachen University. The results are presented in this paper.

Keywords

product design; reliability; RWTH Aachen University; human reliability; interruption frequencies; mechanical engineering; phase-dependent multiaspect taxonomy; product design; product requirements; workload; Design automation; Interrupters; Laboratories; Product design; Reliability engineering; Systematics; Experimental Design; Human Reliability; Interruption; Product Design; Workload;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962642

Filename

6962642