Abstract
There is a requirement for improved user performance with warnings and alarms within the Platform Management Systems (PMSs) on current ships. A programme has been conducted for MoD/Ship Support Agency to investigate the optimal design characteristics of all alerts for future PMS. The past approach to alarms and warnings was considered 'equipment centred' while the approach taken here is 'user centred'. The requirements for future major Royal Navy platforms were considered: the likely functionality of their PMS workstations, the means of on-line control, and concepts for the design of the human-computer interaction. Hypotheses were formulated on potentially desirable categories of information to be associated with alerts. These categories are identified as reference (including function, location and organisation), significance (covering redundancy, timeliness and hazard) and statements of quantified information including encyclopaedic material. Results from two trials with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) supported the hypotheses.
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