Evaluating usability problems and use errors in ergonomic products: comparing analytical methods and usability test

Bligård, Lars-Ola; Osvalder, Anna Lisa

doi:10.1504/ijhfe.2017.088414

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“…The validity of the ECW/PUEA has been evaluated in a study by Bligård and Osvalder [26]. The study investigated how well the results from ECW and PUEA matched the results from usability tests on a vacuum cleaner and an office chair, respectively.…”

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Developers as Users: Exploring the Experiences of Using a New Theoretical Method for Usability Assessment

Bligård

Strömberg

Karlsson

2017

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

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There is a need for appropriate evaluation methods to efficiently identify and counteract usability issues early in the development process. The aim of this study was to investigate how product developers assessed a new theoretical method for identifying usability problems and use errors. Two cases where the method had been applied were selected and the users of the method in them were asked to fill in a questionnaire and were then interviewed about their experiences of using the method. Overall, the participants (students and professionals) found the methods useful and their outcome trustworthy. At the same time, the methods were assessed as difficult to learn and as cumbersome and tedious to use. Nevertheless, both students and professionals thought that the methods would be useful in future development work. Suggestions for further improvement included provision of further instructions, for example, on how to adapt the methods and development of an IT-support tool.

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Developers as Users: Exploring the Experiences of Using a New Theoretical Method for Usability Assessment

Bligård

Strömberg

Karlsson

2017

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

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“…CCPE was originally developed to evaluate usability, ergonomics and safety in the operation of medical devices (Bligård 2007;Bligård & Osvalder 2007). It has also been used to evaluate non-safety-critical products like office chairs and vacuum cleaners (Bligård & Osvalder 2017). The major difference between the previous evaluations and this study is that in the former the focus was on evaluating purposebuilt user interfaces, i.e.…”

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CCPE – the use of an analytical method to evaluate safety and ergonomics in maintenance of forest machinery

Bligård

Häggström

2019

Australian Forestry

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Many of the hazards in forestry are due to the handling of large trees and large machinery in rough terrain and remote areas. Activities such as maintenance and repair work have been identified as especially hazardous in the highly mechanised cut-to-length method. Accidents are under-reported, which emphasises the need for a systematic approach for accident prevention. A possible procedure is the use of an analytical evaluation method to identify presumptive hazardous situations and ergonomic issues before accidents can occur. Safety-critical sectors such as nuclear power and health care have invested many resources in these types of methods. The aim of this paper is to put one of those methods to test in a forestry context in a study evaluating maintenance of forest machinery. A framework for evaluation, Combined Cognitive and Physical Evaluation, known as CCPE, was selected and adapted for the study. The evaluation was successful in systematically predicting what could happen in hazardous situations with regard to use error and ergonomic issues.

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Does cognitive aspects of information and material presentation matter in worker allocation in an assembly line? A case study of a recycling unit in India

Giridhar

Panicker²

2023

Sādhanā

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Evaluating usability problems and use errors in ergonomic products: comparing analytical methods and usability test

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Developers as Users: Exploring the Experiences of Using a New Theoretical Method for Usability Assessment

Developers as Users: Exploring the Experiences of Using a New Theoretical Method for Usability Assessment

CCPE – the use of an analytical method to evaluate safety and ergonomics in maintenance of forest machinery

Does cognitive aspects of information and material presentation matter in worker allocation in an assembly line? A case study of a recycling unit in India

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