Usability Assessment Methods (continued)

• User R&D Participation - For complex systems, it may be necessary to conduct laboratory studies and evaluations in order to resolve design problems.  With the advent of more sophisticated systems and increasing amounts of data, it is a distinct challenge to present this information to the human user in forms that can be readily comprehended.  Special equipment can be used to track eye movements and/or pupillary response to ascertain how displays are scanned and used or to comparatively evaluate screen designs and attributes.

Air Traffic Controllers, Subject Matter Experts, and Human Factors Engineers are evaluating current 3-Sector operations versus the use of two larger sectors and multi-sector planning position.