Human Factors and Systems Engineering -- Integrating for successful systems development

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer McGovern Narkevicius
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Systems Development

Human Factors in Knowledge Management

2010 ◽  
pp. 35-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tareq Z. Ahram ◽  
Waldemar Karwowski ◽  
Chris Andrzejczak
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Systematic Fashion ◽  
Development Lifecycle ◽  
Workforce Skills ◽  
Human Systems Integration

This chapter presents an overview of key Human Systems Integration (HSI), Human Factors (HF), and Knowledge Management (KM) methods that support building user-centered systems. The chapter stresses that KM can benefit the systems design process by reducing rework and duplication of effort. In addition, tools aiding KM implementation within the HSI and Human Factors (HF) domains are discussed. HSI practices created and employed within the discipline of Systems Engineering (SE) have brought positive changes to the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) process, affording increasingly complex and smarter systems to be built. These increases in systems complexity have created a need for systems designers and program managers to apply KM principles to systematically create, share, retain, and transfer workforce skills, facts, processes, capabilities, and experiences in a systematic fashion. The authors describe the importance and benefits of integrating HSI and KM practices to build better and smarter systems.

scholarly journals Using Human Factors and Systems Engineering to Evaluate Readmission after Complex Surgery

2015 ◽  
Vol 221 (4) ◽  
pp. 810-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra W. Acher ◽  
Tamara J. LeCaire ◽  
Ann Schoofs Hundt ◽  
Caprice C. Greenberg ◽  
Pascale Carayon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Complex Surgery

Towards a Conceptual Framework for Open Systems Developments

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Cowling ◽  
Christopher V. Morgan ◽  
Robert Cloutier
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
System Development ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Engineering Discipline ◽  
Development Approach

The systems engineering discipline has made great strides in developing a manageable approach to system development. This is predicated on thoroughly articulating the stakeholder requirements. However, in some engineering environments, requirements are changing faster than they can be captured and realized, making this ‘traditional' form of systems engineering less tenable. An iterative system refinement approach, characterized by open systems developments, may be a more appropriate and timely response for fast-changing needs. The open systems development approach has been utilized in a number of domains including open source software, Wikipedia®, and open innovation in manufacturing. However, open systems development appears difficult to recreate successfully, and while domain tradecraft advice is often available, no engineering management methodology has emerged to improve the likelihood of success. The authors discuss the essential features of openness in these three domains and use them to propose a conceptual framework for the further exploration of the effect of governance in determining success in such open endeavors. It is the authors' hope that further research to apply this conceptual framework to open source software projects may reveal some rudimentary elements of a management methodology for environments where requirements are highly uncertain, volatile, or ‘traditional' systems engineering is otherwise sub-optimal.

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