The management of human errors in user-centered design

  • Authors:
  • A. Rizzo;O. Parlangeli;E. Marchigiani;S. Bagnara

  • Affiliations:
  • Multimedia Communication Laboratory, University of Siena, Siena, Italy;Multimedia Communication Laboratory, University of Siena, Siena, Italy;Multimedia Communication Laboratory, University of Siena, Siena, Italy;Multimedia Communication Laboratory, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

User-Centered Design puts the users at the center of the design activity by involving them from the very beginning in the process and by iteratively testing and re-designing the product. In every testing and evaluation phase human error analysis plays an important role. Although it is not possible to design systems in which people do not make errors, much can be done to minimize the incidence of error, to maximize error detection, and to make easier error recovery. However, the qualitative analysis on human error has not received the attention that it deserves. In the paper the main features of the user-centered approach are sketched and a set of guidelines for handling human error is presented. An example drawn from our design experience is reported for each guideline.