Skip to main content

Conclusion

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
  • 2146 Accesses

Abstract

HCD is not about human factors and ergonomics as a discipline that is used when systems are already designed and developed to fix cosmetic design flaws. HCD is not a refinement of human-computer interface design, techniques and tools. HCD is about reinventing engineering and design into a single discipline that integrates technology, organization and people. HCD is a discipline that enables the generation of more appropriate high-level requirements that lead to successful products. HCD recognizes that in any innovation there will be emergent properties that need to be identified. HCD supports incremental refinement of the integration of technology, organization and people (iTOP) towards maturity. HCD of life-critical systems is necessarily based on human-in-the-loop simulations in order to understand intimate relationships between technology, organization and people, and identify emergent properties.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  • ASA (2008). Academy of air and space conference on risk-taking electronic proceedings. http://www.academie-air-espace.com/publi/detail.php?varID=150&varCat=1. Accessed 12 April 2012.

  • Bainbridge, L. (1983). Ironies of Automation. Automatica, 19(6), 775–779.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • de Gaulle, C. (1959). Mémoires de guerre—Le Salut: 1944–1946 (tome III). Plon, Paris. Also in. Pocket, 1999 (new edition in 2006). ISBN 2-266-16750-2 & 978-2266167505.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boy, G. A. (1996). Learning evolution and software agents emergence. Proceedings of ITS96, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series (pp. 10–25). Berlin: Springer Verlag, ISBN:3-540-61327-7.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dismukes, R. K., Berman, B. A., & Loukopoulos, L. D. (2007). The limits of expertise: Rethinking pilot error and the causes of airline accidents. Aldershot: Ashgate.

    Google Scholar 

  • Edwards, D. (2010). The lab: Creativity and culture. Cambridge: Harvard.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fitts, P. M. (1951). Some basic questions in designing an air-navigation and air-traffic control system. In N. Moray (Ed.), Ergonomics major writings (Vol. 4, pp. 367–383). London: Taylor & Francis.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gibson, J. J. (1977). The theory of affordances. In R. Shaw & J. Bransford (Eds.), Perceiving, acting, and knowing. ISBN 0-470-99014-7.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hollnagel, E. (1991). The phenotype of erroneous actions: Implications for HCI design. In G. W. R. Weir & J. L. Alty (Eds.), Human-computer interaction and complex systems. London: Academic.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hollnagel, E., & Woods, D. D. (2005). Joint cognitive systems: Foundations of cognitive systems engineering. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Hollnagel, E., Woods, D. D. & Leveson, N. (Eds.). (2006). Resilience engineering: Concepts and precepts. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0754646416.

    Google Scholar 

  • Latour, B. (1986). Visualisation and cognition: Drawing things together. In H. Kuklick (Ed.), Knowledge and society studies in the sociology of culture past and present (Vol. 6, pp. 1–40). Jai. Reprinting and revision in M. Lynch & S. Woolgar (Eds.), Representation in scientific activity (pp. 19–68, 1990). Cambridge: MIT. Partial republication in M. Dodge, R. Kitchin & C. Perkins (Eds.), The map reader. Theories of mapping practice and cartographic representation (pp. 65–73, 2011). Wiley, Blackwell. Republication in M. Lynch (Ed.), Science and technology studies: Critical concepts (2011). Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Leveson, N. (1995). Safeware: System safety and computers. New York: Addison-Wesley.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lutz, B. (2011). Car guys vs. bean counters. New York: Portfolio/Penguin.

    Google Scholar 

  • May, R. (1994). The courage to create. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393311066.

    Google Scholar 

  • Minsky, M. (1985). The society of mind. New York: Simon and Schuster.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norman, D. A. (1986). Cognitive engineering. In: D. A. Norman & S. W. Draper (Eds.), User centered system design: New perspectives on human-computer interaction (pp. 31–61). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

    Google Scholar 

  • Norman, D. (1988). The psychology of everyday things. New York: Basic Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • Petroski, H. (1992). To engineer is human (1st ed.). New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc.

    Google Scholar 

  • Reason, J. (1990). Human error. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Sarter, N. B., Woods, D. D. & Billings, C. E. (1997). Automation surprises. In G. Salvendy (Ed.), Handbook of human factors & ergonomics (2nd ed.). Wiley.

    Google Scholar 

  • Swain, A. D., & Guttman, H. E. (1983). Handbook of human reliability analysis with emphasis on nuclear power plant applications. NUREG/CR-1278, Washington D.C.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Guy André Boy Ph.D. .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer-Verlag London

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Boy, G. (2013). Conclusion. In: Orchestrating Human-Centered Design. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4339-0_9

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4339-0_9

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-4338-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-4339-0

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics