Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- PART ONE THE NEED FOR A STRUCTURED HUMAN FACTORS METHOD TO SUPPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
- PART TWO DEVELOPMENT AND OVERVIEW OF MUSE – A STRUCTURED HUMAN FACTORS METHOD
- PART THREE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF MUSE – A STRUCTURED HUMAN FACTORS METHOD
- Chapter 4 The Elicitation and Analysis Phase of MUSE
- Chapter 5 The Synthesis Phase of MUSE
- Chapter 6 The Design Specification Phase of MUSE
- PART FOUR THE INTEGRATION OF HUMAN FACTORS WITH STRUCTURED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODS
- PART FIVE SYNOPSIS
- References
- Glossary
- Annexes
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
Chapter 4 - The Elicitation and Analysis Phase of MUSE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- PART ONE THE NEED FOR A STRUCTURED HUMAN FACTORS METHOD TO SUPPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
- PART TWO DEVELOPMENT AND OVERVIEW OF MUSE – A STRUCTURED HUMAN FACTORS METHOD
- PART THREE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF MUSE – A STRUCTURED HUMAN FACTORS METHOD
- Chapter 4 The Elicitation and Analysis Phase of MUSE
- Chapter 5 The Synthesis Phase of MUSE
- Chapter 6 The Design Specification Phase of MUSE
- PART FOUR THE INTEGRATION OF HUMAN FACTORS WITH STRUCTURED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODS
- PART FIVE SYNOPSIS
- References
- Glossary
- Annexes
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
Summary
Really we create nothing. We merely plagiarise nature.
Jean BaitaillonEngineering attempts to fully constrain its outputs…‥ Engineering investigates successful designs and adopts those ‘means’ that it finds generalisable.
Jim CarterThis chapter describes in detail the Information Elicitation and Analysis Phase of the method. The phase comprises two design stages, namely the Extant Systems Analysis Stage and the Generalised Task Model Stage. The stages, described in the order of their application (see Figure 4-1), are concerned with the generation and analysis of background information to support subsequent derivation of a system design.
As indicated in Chapter Three, intermediate design processes, products and documentation schemes for each stage of the method are described as follows:
(a) an overview of the stage is provided prior to a detailed description;
(b) a block diagram summary of the stage is provided to highlight the sub-processes involved in transforming stage input(s) into one or more intermediate product(s);
(c) case-study illustrations of the products, processes and documentation schemes of the stage are provided where appropriate.
The Extant Systems Analysis (ESA) Stage
The main objective of the ESA Stage is to generate background information to assist the design of the target system at later stages of the method (see Figure 4–1 – the ESA Stage is highlighted by a box outlined in bold). To this end, extant systems are analysed to characterise current user needs and problems; existing function allocation between the user and device; the design features and rationale of existing user interfaces; etc.
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- The Muse Method for Usability Engineering , pp. 85 - 127Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994