Handbook of Human Systems Integration

Over the past decade the military (both US and foreign) has developed a wide range of tools, techniques, and technologies for integrating human factors into systems engineering. Many of these methodologies have been providing a number of cost and performance benefits that otherwise would not have been accomplished. Updating and replacing the author's previous book, "Manprint: An Approach to Systems Integration", which was developed specifically for military programs and has been the standard reference in the field, this new work covers both public and commercial processes, especially as the interface with systems engineering processes.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Preface. Contributors. Technical Advisors and Reviewers. Chapter 1. Introduction: Human Systems Integration (Harold R. Booher). PART I. ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, CULTURE. Chapter 2. Leadership That Achieves Human Systems Integration (Charles S. Harris, et al.). Chapter 3. Human Systems Integration Roles in a Systems Acquisition Culture (Glen Hewitt and Dino Piccione). Chapter 4. Human Systems Integration and Systems Acquisition Interfaces (Edwin R. Smootz). Chapter 5. Human Systems Integration Education and Training (Brian M. Kleiner and Harold R. Booher). PART II. SYSTMS ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT PROCESSES. Chapter 6. Human Integration Requirements in Systems Acquisition: United Kingdom Approach (John A. Harrison and Melanie Forster). Chapter 7. Human Systems Integration and Acquisition: Contractor's Perspective (Bruce E. Hamilton). Chapter 8. Human--System Measurements and Tradeoffs in System Design (Michael Barnes and David Beevis). Chapter 9. Simulation Based Acquisition (Stephen R. Olson and Andrew P. Sage). Cha pter 10. User Centered Systems Engineering Framework (Lee Scott Ehrhart and Andrew P. Sage). PART III. METHODS, TOOLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES. Chapter 11. Manpower, Personnel and Training Integration Methods and tools (Susan Archer, et al.). Chapter 12. Integrating Training into the Design and Operation of Complex Systems (Lawrence J. Hettinger). Chapter 13. Human Factors Engineering Methods and Tools (John Lockett and Jeffrey Powers). Chapter 14. System Safety Principles and Methods (Donald W. Swallom, et al.). Chapter 15. Environmental Health Hazard Analysis and Assessment (Welford C. Roberts). Chapter 16. Personnel Survivability Methodology (Richard N. Zigler and Ronald A. Weiss). Chapter 17. Cost and Benefit Analysis for Human Systems Integration (William B. Rouse and Kenneth R. Boff). PART IV. APPLICATIONS. Chapter 18. Human Systems Integration in Army Systems Acquisition (Harold R. Booher and James Minninger). Chapter 19. Human Characteristics and Measures in System Design (Nita Lewis Miller, et al.). Chapter 20. Human--Centered Shipboard Systems and Operations (Glenn A. Osga). Chapter 21. Linking Human Performance Principles to the Design of Information Systems (Linda G. Pierce and Eduardo Salas). Chapter 22. Human Systems Integration and Training for New Systems (John Klesch and William Stembler). Chapter 23. Air Traffic Control and Human Factor Integration (Anne Mavor and Christopher Wickens). Chapter 24. Human Systems Integration & New Product Development (William B. Rouse). Afterword. Appendix. Index.

About the Author :
HAROLD R. BOOHER, PhD, is a consultant on human systems integration and MANPRINT applications to systems design, development, and assessment. Dr. Booher was the first Senior Executive (SES) Director of MANPRINT for the Department of the Army and is Editor of MANPRINT: An Approach to Systems Intergration. He has more than thirty--five years' experience in human factors and engineering in government, industry, and academic applications, and is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Review :
"This handbook is worth the cost and effort to integrate into one's professional knowledge base and personal library. It will be fundamental, if not seminal, to our professional endeavors." (Ergonomics in Design, July--September 2004)