scholarly journals Needs Investigation Methods Compatible With Key End User Limitation (Nickel): A Tool For Selecting User Centered Needs Elicitation Methods For Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joash Sujan Samuel Roy
Keyword(s):  
User Study ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Elicitation Methods ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Investigation Methods ◽  
Future Work ◽  
User Centered ◽  
Disabled Adults

During the design process older and/or disabled adults are often left out of the needs elicitation process because many of the User Centered Needs Elicitation Methods (UCNEM) are not accessible to these individuals. This thesis explains the development of NICKEL, a decision-support tool which allows users to determine UCNEMs that fit the human capability of the older and/or disabled adult participants in their study. Three levels of the cognitive, visual, hearing and physical human capabilities required for 19 UCNEMs are determined using a survey and focus group with expert designers/researchers. A user study is carried out to determine the usability and usefulness of NICKEL with novice and expert designers/researchers. Major findings indicated that NICKEL is an easy to use and useful tool for users when determining appropriate UCNEMs for older and disabled adults. Future work could include adding other capabilities such as interpersonal skills and adding new methods to NICKEL.

scholarly journals Needs Investigation Methods Compatible With Key End User Limitation (Nickel): A Tool For Selecting User Centered Needs Elicitation Methods For Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joash Sujan Samuel Roy
Keyword(s):  
User Study ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Elicitation Methods ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Investigation Methods ◽  
Future Work ◽  
User Centered ◽  
Disabled Adults

During the design process older and/or disabled adults are often left out of the needs elicitation process because many of the User Centered Needs Elicitation Methods (UCNEM) are not accessible to these individuals. This thesis explains the development of NICKEL, a decision-support tool which allows users to determine UCNEMs that fit the human capability of the older and/or disabled adult participants in their study. Three levels of the cognitive, visual, hearing and physical human capabilities required for 19 UCNEMs are determined using a survey and focus group with expert designers/researchers. A user study is carried out to determine the usability and usefulness of NICKEL with novice and expert designers/researchers. Major findings indicated that NICKEL is an easy to use and useful tool for users when determining appropriate UCNEMs for older and disabled adults. Future work could include adding other capabilities such as interpersonal skills and adding new methods to NICKEL.

scholarly journals Assessing a Decision Support Tool for SOC Analysts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jassim Happa ◽  
Ioannis Agrafiotis ◽  
Martin Helmhout ◽  
Thomas Bashford-Rogers ◽  
Michael Goldsmith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
User Study ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Visualization Tool ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Method Approach

In recent years, many tools have been developed to understand attacks that make use of visualization, but few examples aims to predict real-world consequences. We have developed a visualization tool that aims to improve decision support during attacks. Our tool visualizes propagation of risks from IDS and AV-alert data by relating sensor alerts to Business Process (BP) tasks and machine assets: an important capability gap present in many Security Operation Centres (SOCs) today. In this paper we present a user study in which we evaluate the tool's usability and ability to deliver situational awareness to the analyst. Ten analysts from seven SOCs performed carefully designed tasks related to understanding risks and prioritising recovery decisions. The study was conducted in laboratory conditions, with simulated attacks, and used a mixed-method approach to collect data from questionnaires, eyetracking and voice-recorded interviews. The findings suggest that providing analysts with situational awareness relating to business priorities can help them prioritise response strategies. Finally, we provide an in-depth discussion on the wider questions related to user studies in similar conditions as well as lessons learned from our user study and developing a visualization tool of this type.

scholarly journals Preflight Weather Decision Support Tool (PWDST): User-Centered Design Process and Usability Validation

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 1915-1919
Author(s):  
Jayde King ◽  
John Kleber ◽  
Ashlee Harris ◽  
Barbara Chaparro ◽  
Beth Blickensderfer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Perceived Usability ◽  
User Centered

General Aviation flight operations have been negatively affected by the slow decreasing weather related accident rate for the last 20 years. Upon further investigation, research suggests, that poor preflight planning and a lack of aviation weather experience and knowledge may be contributing factors to the stagnant weather related accident rate. Our team developed a Preflight Weather Decision Support Tool (PWDST) to help novice pilots access, interpret, and apply weather information. We used a user-centered design process which involved an initial task analysis, low-fidelity prototyping, low-fidelity usability testing, user interviews and expert review. This study assessed and compared the perceived usability, difficulty, and the system assistance satisfaction of the PWDST. Participants (n=9) completed a usability study and a series of surveys during, as well as, after the completion of the preflight planning scenario. A series of Mann-Whitney U Tests were conducted to compare the difference between Private Pilot and Certified Flight Instructors (CFI) perceived usability, difficulty, and system assistance satisfaction ratings. Results indicated, there were no significant differences between group ratings. Overall, both groups reported above average usability, system assistance and low difficulty rating for the PWDST. Future research and possible implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Adaptive design of a clinical decision support tool: What the impact on utilization rates means for future CDS research

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 205520761982771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin Mann ◽  
Rachel Hess ◽  
Thomas McGinn ◽  
Rebecca Mishuris ◽  
Sara Chokshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Clinical Decision Support ◽  
Prediction Rule ◽  
Clinical Prediction Rule ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Clinical Prediction ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Clinical Decision Support Tool ◽  
User Centered

OBJECTIVE We employed an agile, user-centered approach to the design of a clinical decision support tool in our prior integrated clinical prediction rule study, which achieved high adoption rates. To understand if applying this user-centered process to adapt clinical decision support tools is effective in improving the use of clinical prediction rules, we examined utilization rates of a clinical decision support tool adapted from the original integrated clinical prediction rule study tool to determine if applying this user-centered process to design yields enhanced utilization rates similar to the integrated clinical prediction rule study. MATERIALS & METHODS: We conducted pre-deployment usability testing and semi-structured group interviews at 6 months post-deployment with 75 providers at 14 intervention clinics across the two sites to collect user feedback. Qualitative data analysis is bifurcated into immediate and delayed stages; we reported on immediate-stage findings from real-time field notes used to generate a set of rapid, pragmatic recommendations for iterative refinement. Monthly utilization rates were calculated and examined over 12 months. RESULTS We hypothesized a well-validated, user-centered clinical decision support tool would lead to relatively high adoption rates. Then 6 months post-deployment, integrated clinical prediction rule study tool utilization rates were substantially lower than anticipated based on the original integrated clinical prediction rule study trial (68%) at 17% (Health System A) and 5% (Health System B). User feedback at 6 months resulted in recommendations for tool refinement, which were incorporated when possible into tool design; however, utilization rates at 12 months post-deployment remained low at 14% and 4% respectively. DISCUSSION Although valuable, findings demonstrate the limitations of a user-centered approach given the complexity of clinical decision support. CONCLUSION Strategies for addressing persistent external factors impacting clinical decision support adoption should be considered in addition to the user-centered design and implementation of clinical decision support.

scholarly journals Creation of a Decision Support Tool for Expectant Parents Facing Threatened Periviable Delivery: Application of a User-Centered Design Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds ◽  
Shelley M. Hoffman ◽  
Dustin Lynch ◽  
Erin Jeffries ◽  
Kelli Jenkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
User Centered

scholarly journals ASSESSING THE FUTURE: METHODS AND CRITERIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 569-576
Author(s):  
I. Gräßler ◽  
H. Thiele ◽  
P. Scholle
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Time To Market ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Corporate Foresight ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Work

AbstractAs time-to-market is getting shorter, customer needs have to be identified as early as possible in product development. Correctly applied, corporate foresight can give a glimpse into the future to anticipate such needs and thus gain a competitive advantage. A support tool to choose the appropriate method of foresight is not available yet. Thus, a literature study on foresight methods in industry is performed and a novel decision support tool is proposed which avoids high entrepreneurial risks. Based on the findings, potentials for future work are identified for different types of methods.

A protocol for sampling pastures in hill country

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 203-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.J. Hutchinson ◽  
D.R. Scobie ◽  
J. Beautrais ◽  
A.D. Mackay ◽  
G.M. Rennie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Accurate Estimate ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Topographic Complexity ◽  
Hill Country

To develop a protocol to guide pasture sampling for estimation of paddock pasture mass in hill country, a range of pasture sampling strategies, including random sampling, transects and stratification based on slope and aspect, were evaluated using simulations in a Geographical Information Systems computer environment. The accuracy and efficiency of each strategy was tested by sampling data obtained from intensive field measurements across several farms, regions and seasons. The number of measurements required to obtain an accurate estimate was related to the overall pasture mass and the topographic complexity of a paddock, with more variable paddocks requiring more samples. Random sampling from average slopes provided the best balance between simplicity and reliability. A draft protocol was developed from the simulations, in the form of a decision support tool, where visual determination of the topographic complexity of the paddock, along with the required accuracy, were used to guide the number of measurements recommended. The protocol was field tested and evaluated by groups of users for efficacy and ease of use. This sampling protocol will offer farmers, consultants and researchers an efficient, reliable and simple way to determine pasture mass in New Zealand hill country settings. Keywords: hill country, feed budgeting, protocol pasture mass, slope

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