Obiettivo USER is a horizontal action designed to elicit, capture and integrate human factors information and encourage the application of usability principles within TIDE and within the RT/AT sector more generally.USER will assist in progress towards a single market in RT/AT by providing a framework, prescriptive information and methods, tools and techniques which IT based developers and service providers in the RT/AT sector can use effectively and economically to incorporate usability and usability requirements throughout the development process. This is to ensure that products and services meet market requirements and have a high degree of usability and acceptance. The RT/AT market is new, SME based, fractionated and has yet to mature. There is not a well developed scientific, technical or design base from which to develop new products and services. RT developers therefore require practical guidance and design tools which are tailored to their particular skills and limited resources. To meet this requirement available usability knowledge (from the Human Factors and Ergonomics disciplines) needs to be abstracted, adapted, synthesised and presented to match development needs. A dissemination and technology transfer strategy is then needed which will encourage the take up of user centred design, development and evaluation strategies.To achieve this general aim USER will carry out extensive data capture, eliciting 'expert' knowledge, from within and outside of TIDE. This will then be collated, presented and made accessible to developers. An iterative process of involvement with key stakeholders will be used to increase RT/AT developers awareness of usability principles and practices and to aid the transfer of USER results. A European strategy, which sets up networks of gatekeepers in European member states, is an important feature of this process.Technical Approach : USER comprises seven related work packages. 'Expert' knowledge will be generated from a variety of sources, integrated and then shared with the TIDE projects via project workshops and in other ways such that USER results are promulgated as rapidly as possible. Dissemination activities will include the production of a quarterly newsletter (USERtalk), contributions will be made to the RT/AT literature, technical and scientific conferences and representation of USER results will be made to standards bodies and specialist working groups etc. The project will also publish the first edition of a 'usability handbook' which will be available to TIDE projects and to the a wider RT/AT community. An evaluation strategy for the validation of results and methods by developers themselves is an integral part of the work programme. This involves the foundation of a network of key stakeholders within Europe, the UCC (USER Corresponding Committee), who will validate, guide and aid the development of USER and will also perform an essential role in technology transfer and dissemination. Impact and Expected Results : USER is a technology transfer activity concerned with improving the quality and usability characteristics of products and services available to the end user in the RT/AT sector. A major consequence will be to stimulate the uptake of usability and provide mechanisms for this to be accomplished through publications, workshops, USERtalk and the UCC. The project will also provide practical, easy to use and accessible usability tools and prescriptions, based on the experiences of TIDE and other 'expert sources', for developing usable and acceptable high technology RT/AT products. This will be available at the end of the project in the form of a handbook. Programma(i) HS-TIDE 1 - Technology initiative (EEC) for disabled and elderly people (TIDE), 1993-1994 Argomento(i) 6 - User and market issues Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore Loughborough University of Technology Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo The Elms Elm Grove LE11 1RG Loughborough Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Coo S S Marche Scrl Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Via Saffi 4 60121 Ancona Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato SINTEF REHAB Norvegia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato
