LS-71130, HUMAN RESEARCH FACILITY (HRF) HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (HCI) DESIGN GUIDE (24 NOV 1997)

LS-71130, HUMAN RESEARCH FACILITY (HRF) HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (HCI) DESIGN GUIDE (24 NOV 1997)., The Human-Computer Interface (HCI) Design Guide for the Human Research Facility HRF is intended as a brief, easy to use reference guide for the designers of all HCIs within the HRF, including the ground development facility. The approach of this document effort was to compile and summarize selected HCI guidelines collected from numerous published texts. This document should: (1) educate designers in the HCI design process and basic design principles, (2) point designers to additional resources where necessary and (3) be used to establish a common ground for collaboration with human factors professionals in the design of HRF HCIs. This document does not control the HRF software development and configuration management processes defined in the Software Development Plan for the Human Research Facility (LS-71020), however, the HCI design process described in this document should be integrated into the software development process by the user interface design team. This design guide is relevant to all software interfaces for HRF components, whether they be a portable or workstation computer, or any device that includes an electronic visual display. This guide should be referenced for all procurement activity where the vendor will write HRF specific software, but it is not applicable to Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software and other software not specifically written for HRF. Given the potential for multiple software platforms within HRF, this document should be used in conjunction with platform specific HCI guidelines, such as those referenced in Section 7.0. Consultation and/or collaboration with human factors professionals is strongly recommended in order to ensure proper implementation of these guidelines.