Thursday, October 30, 2008

What is in Human's mind


On this module I learned that human being would find someone to blame or something to blame on when an error occur. But most of the time it does not help if the problem is likely to occur. I realized that problems like this can be reduced and as a designer they will have to find a way to prevent errors and improve the safety of the users. (Khon, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000)
In addition to that, I learned principles that need to be followed to make systems safer. I learned why accidents happen, how they happen. As a designer I would have to understand the errors that have occurred then and find solutions to prevent the errors from happening in the future. We have to remember that as a designer I might not be the one using the device. I should act as a user and see if I will be able to work on the device. Some designed are designed for special people like blind or people with no figures.
As a designer I learned that I have to evaluate the system before I release it to make sure that it meets the user’s needs. Check on the client and get the feedback from them and see if the client is satisfied. The other reason for evaluation is to see if there are any errors that need to be cleared. (Wette, 2008)
Finally, I learned that errors can occur as the user start working on the device and some occur later on as the user is at the middle of using it and most of the time those errors will occur due to poor installation. (Khon, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000)

Reference
Khon, L., Corrigan, J., & Donaldson, M. (2000). To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. National academy press.
Wette, E. (2008, October 29). Franklin University Proffesor. Class meeting . Columbus, OH, USA.

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