This paper will describe and discuss the contents of a human factors field test plan in support of software development. Defining control of a test is, as pointed out by Shneiderman, of necessity in field testing to avoid getting volumes of “interesting” data which is neither replicable nor generalizable. In addition, the degree to which the test plan supported the actual test and predicted potential problem areas will be discussed.
Field test plan: Buried waste technologies, Fiscal Year 1995