Analysis of industrial expectations for the integration of human factors from the early design phase

Abstract

To understand how industrial designers, take into account "HFE" in the early design phase, wesurveyed in more than 50 companies. We analyzed their design work and evaluate if they need touse a new structured method. On the one hand, to provide a real image to understand what is goingin the companies, what they do, use and how they answer this problem. On the other, in to studythe applicability of the proposed method. The answers show us that there are no systematic methodsand tools that integrate "HFE" in the early design phase. Hence the importance of such a method.22 companies want to work with us to improve their methods.