
COMBINING HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING
METHODS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Hsiu-Lin Liu,Wolfgang Friesdorf & Duojin Wang
Department for Human Factors Engineering and Product Ergonomics
Berlin Technical University, Germany
User-centred design (UCD) and usability are two design concepts
that are essential to the product development process, but there are
few methods that directly carry out these principles. The aim of this
study is to determine corresponding methods to implement these
concepts’ substantial potential, especially in terms of human perfor-
mance. These methods will be combined into a new approach, and
will then be applied to the product design ...