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Description:Whether it is the car you drive or the app on your smartphone, technology has an increasingly powerful influence on you. When designed with people in mind, this in influence can improve lives and productivity. This book provides a broad introduction on how to attend to the needs, capabilities, and preferences of people in the design process. We combine methods of design thinking and systems thinking to understand people’s needs and evaluate whether those needs are met.This book also provides a detailed description of the capabilities and limits of people—both mental and physical—and how these can guide the design of everything from typography to teams and from data visualization to habits. The book includes:Over 70 design principles for displays, controls, human-computer interaction, automation, and workspace layoutIntegrative discussion of the research and theory underlying these guidelines, supported by over 1,000 referencesExamples of successful and unsuccessful designs and exercises that link principles and theory to applications in consumer products, the workplace, and high risk- systemsFor instructors teaching user experience and human factors courses we have created a Facebook group to share teaching materials and suggestionsThis is the third edition of An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering (Wickens, Lee, Liu, Gordon-Becker, 2003) textbook. It shows how psychology students can apply their knowledge to design and engineering. It also shows designers and engineers how to consider the capabilities and limits of people in design.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Designing for People: An introduction to human factors engineering. To get started finding Designing for People: An introduction to human factors engineering, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 692

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1539808009

Description: Whether it is the car you drive or the app on your smartphone, technology has an increasingly powerful influence on you. When designed with people in mind, this in influence can improve lives and productivity. This book provides a broad introduction on how to attend to the needs, capabilities, and preferences of people in the design process. We combine methods of design thinking and systems thinking to understand people’s needs and evaluate whether those needs are met.This book also provides a detailed description of the capabilities and limits of people—both mental and physical—and how these can guide the design of everything from typography to teams and from data visualization to habits. The book includes:Over 70 design principles for displays, controls, human-computer interaction, automation, and workspace layoutIntegrative discussion of the research and theory underlying these guidelines, supported by over 1,000 referencesExamples of successful and unsuccessful designs and exercises that link principles and theory to applications in consumer products, the workplace, and high risk- systemsFor instructors teaching user experience and human factors courses we have created a Facebook group to share teaching materials and suggestionsThis is the third edition of An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering (Wickens, Lee, Liu, Gordon-Becker, 2003) textbook. It shows how psychology students can apply their knowledge to design and engineering. It also shows designers and engineers how to consider the capabilities and limits of people in design.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Designing for People: An introduction to human factors engineering. To get started finding Designing for People: An introduction to human factors engineering, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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