Development and Use of the Documentation Design Aid

Colin G. Drury

doi:10.1177/154193120004402275

Development and Use of the Documentation Design Aid

Colin G. Drury

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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In aviation maintenance and inspection, work documents are critical to safety, as they act as both production control devices and job aids for mechanics and inspectors. Based on an analysis of the current state of documentation in aviation maintenance, there was a clear need to help document designers/writers utilize good human factors practice. Design guidelines were developed and tested (Patel et al, 1994) and then made accessible through a Visual Basic window, called the Documentation Design Aid or DDA, available on-screen while writing a procedure. This DDA was tested for usability by writers and for comprehension of the documents produced. A number of different evaluations showed that the DDA reduced comprehension errors significantly. The DDA is now available via a WWW site for users to download and use.

Original language	English
Pages	783-786
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120004402275
State	Published - 2000
Event	Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium' - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jul 29 2000 → Aug 4 2000

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Conference	Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium'
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	07/29/00 → 08/4/00

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Drury, C. G. (2000). Development and Use of the Documentation Design Aid. 783-786. Paper presented at Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium', San Diego, CA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120004402275

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Development and Use of the Documentation Design Aid. / Drury, Colin G.
2000. 783-786 Paper presented at Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium', San Diego, CA, United States.

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