Human Factors for Safety - COM00023M
- Department: Computer Science
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module summary
This course focuses on the provision of Human Factors support to safety related system design / engineering projects. It provides a foundational introduction to key Human Factors topic areas and the opportunity to apply key Human Factors techniques related to human error identification / human reliability analysis, with an eye on the strengths and limitations of each.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
This course introduces you to human factors concepts and techniques that can be used to support the design and evaluation of complex interactive systems, with a particular emphasis on safety critical systems. These techniques include work analysis (including task analysis and scenario analysis), human error assessment, design and evaluation of interactive systems and human reliability assessment.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of this course you will have an understanding of:
- usability its relation to error;
- user requirements elicitation and analysis;
- work representation – hierarchical task analysis;
- principles of design and prototyping;
- evaluation of interactive systems;
- errors and principles relating to human reliability;
- human reliability analysis;
- human error analysis.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Feedback provided via assessment.
Indicative reading
| Hollnagel, E | Human reliability analysis: context and control | Academic Press | 1993 |
| Hollnagel, E | Cognitive Reliability and Error Analysis Method | Elsevier Science Ltd | 1998 |
| Kirwan B. and Ainsworth L.K. | A guide to task analysis | Taylor and Francis | 1992 |
| Kirwan B | A guide to practical human reliability assessment | Taylor and Francis | 1992 |
| Norman D | The design of everyday things | Basic Books | 1988 |
| Perrow C | Normal accidents: living with high risk technologies | Basic Books | 1994 |
| Preece, J., Rogers, Y. and Sharp, H | Interaction design: beyond human-computer interaction | John Wiley and Sons | 2002 |
| Reason J.T. | Human Error | Cambridge University Press | 1990 |
| Vicente, K.J. | Cognitive Work Analysis | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates | 1999 |
| Villemeur A. | Reliability, availability, maintainability and safety assessment | vol. 2 Wiley | 1992 |
| Baddeley, A.D | Your memory: a user's guide | Penguin | 1982 |
| Newman W.M. & Lamming M.G. | Interactive system design | Addison-Wesley | 1995 |
| Reason, J. | Managing the risks or organizational accidents | Ashgate Publishing Ltd | 1997 |