DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION

 

1.  TITLE

2.  IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

Human Engineering Program Plan

FAA-HF-001

3.  DESCRIPTION / PURPOSE

3.1 The Human Engineering Program Plan is the single document which describes the contractor’s entire human engineering program, identifies its elements, and explains how the elements will be managed.

 

3.2 This document is used by the procuring activity as the principal basis for approval of the contractor’s program and as one basis for review of the contractor’s progress.

4. APPROVAL DATE (YYMMDD)

5. OFFICE OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY (OPR)

 

 

081599

DOT/FAA/AAR-100

 

 

6.  APPLICATION / INTERRELATIONSHIP

This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content preparation instructions for the Human Engineering Program Plan resulting from the work task delineated in 4.2 of MIL-HDBK-46855.

7.  PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

7.1 Reference documents.  The applicable issue of the documents cited herein, including their approval dates and dates of any applicable amendments, notices, and revisions shall be as specified in the contract.

 

7.2 Format.  The Human Engineering Program Plan format shall be contractor selected.  Unless effective presentation would be degraded, the initially used format arrangement shall be used for all subsequent submissions.

 

7.3 Content.  The Human Engineering Program Plan shall contain the following sections:

 

7.3.1 Table of contents, list of illustrations and introduction.

 

7.3.2 Tailoring.  This section shall propose tailoring of MIL-HDBK-46855 as specifically applicable to this contract, additional to any tailoring already accomplished by the procuring activity or where exceptions or other tailoring changes are warranted.  This proposed tailoring of MIL-HDBK-46855 shall identify specific provisions by paragraph, rationale, for tailoring and effects of tailoring on the human engineering program.  If no tailoring of MIL-HDBK-46855 is proposed beyond that specified by the procuring activity, this shall be stated.

 

7.3.3 Organization.  This section shall identify and describe the contractor’s primary organizational element responsible for complying with human engineering requirements.  The functions and internal structure of this element shall be defined.  Structural definition shall include the number of proposed personnel on an annual basis and summary job descriptions for each person.  In addition, the relationships of this element to other organizational elements responsible for areas impacted by human engineering, such as those charged with equipment and software design, safety, training, test and evaluation, integrated logistic support, and other engineering specialty programs (such as availability, reliability, maintainability, configuration management, and risk management) shall be fully explained. 

 

7.3.4 Human engineering in subcontractor efforts.  If any work related to system components or software having human interface is to be performed under subcontract, the subcontractor’s organizational element responsible for human engineering shall be described to the same extent as the prime engineering requirements proposed for inclusion in each of these subcontracts.  The method(s) by which the prime contractor monitors subcontractor compliance shall be fully described.

 

7.3.5 Human engineering in system analysis.  This section shall identify those human engineering efforts in system analysis (or, where contractually required, in system engineering), as described in MIL-HDBK-46855,

 

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Block 7, PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS  (Continued)

 

which are contractually applicable, and the organizational element(s) responsible for their performance.  Human engineering participation in system mission analysis, determination of system functional requirements and capabilities, allocation of system functional requirements to human/hardware/software, development of system functional flows, and performance of system effectiveness studies shall be fully described.  Any data required from the procuring activity shall also be described.

 

7.3.6 Human engineering in equipment detail design.  This section shall describe the human engineering effort in equipment detail design to ensure compliance with the applicable provisions of the Human Factors Design Guide (DOT/FAA/CT-96/1) and other human engineering requirements specified by the contract.  Human engineering participation in studies, tests, mock-up evaluations, dynamic simulation, detail drawing reviews, systems design reviews and system/equipment/component design and performance specification preparation and reviews shall be fully described.  Finally, this section shall propose tailoring of the Human Factors Design Guide as specifically applicable to the contract, additional to any tailoring already accomplished by the procuring activity or where exceptions and other tailoring changes are warranted.  This proposed tailoring of the Human Factors Design Guide shall identify specific provisions, by paragraph, as applicable.  If no tailoring of the Human Factors Design Guide is proposed beyond that specified by the procuring activity, this shall be stated. 

 

7.3.7 Human engineering in equipment procedure development.  This section shall describe the human engineering effort in equipment procedure development to ensure compliance with MIL-HDBK-46855.  The methods shall be stated by which the contractor shall ensure that:

 

a. operator and maintainer functions and tasks are allocated, organized, and sequenced for efficiency, safety, and reliability.

 

b. the results of this effort are reflected in operational, technical and training publications, and in training system design.

 

7.3.8 Derivation of personnel and training requirements.  This section shall describe the methods by which the contractor shall ensure that operator and maintainer personnel and training requirements are based upon human performance requirements developed from system analysis data.

 

7.3.9 Human engineering in test and evaluation.  This section shall describe human engineering test and evaluation as an integrated effort within the contractor’s total test and evaluation program and shall contain specific information to show how and when the contractor will follow human engineering test and evaluation guidance of MIL-HDBK-46855.  Design milestones shall be identified at which human engineering tests are to be performed to assess compatibility among human performance requirements, personnel aptitude and skill requirements, training requirements, and equipment design aspects of personnel equipment/software interfaces.  Major test and demonstration objectives shall be identified and proposed test methods shall be described.  This section shall also identify the human engineering personnel involved in test and evaluation, and a summary of the human engineering test schedule.  The summary test schedule shall depict major human engineering tests, evaluations, and demonstrations in relationship to major project milestones such as 90 percent design release, project level design reviews, first article demonstration tests, and commencement of procuring activity testing.

 

7.3.10 Human engineering deliverable data products.  This section shall identify and briefly describe each human engineering deliverable data product specified in the contract.

 

7.3.11 Time-Phase schedule and level of effort.  This section consists of a milestone chart which identifies each separate human engineering effort to be accomplished and shall state the level of effort (in person-months) for each task.

 

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