Citation

Rose JA, Bearman C. Appl. Ergon. 2012; 43(3): 614-624.

Affiliation

CRC for Rail Innovation, CFSR, University of South Australia, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.005

PMID

21996460

Abstract

Task analysis is an important tool that enables designers to consider the human factors implications of a new technology. This paper details a task analysis for the task of driving long-haul freight trains in Australia and describes how this task analysis was used to evaluate a new in-cab information support technology. This paper then explores similarities and differences between this task analysis and one proposed by Roth and Multer (2009). It is argued that these two task analyses can form the basis for many future task analyses so that we can avoid 'reinventing the wheel,' allowing us to focus more on potential interesting differences between operations and geographical locations.

Language: en