Human Factors in Product Data Management outlines a process for evaluating the usability of Product Data Management (PDM) systems using human factors methods. The process involves: 1. Identifying user profiles and scenarios based on common tasks. 2. Performing a Collaboration Usability Analysis of the tasks and subtasks to evaluate ease of use and learnability. 3. Heuristically evaluating the user interface against standards for suitability, learnability, controllability and error prevention. 4. Scoring and analyzing the results to identify low usability tasks and provide recommendations for improving the system design and user interactions.

1. Human Factors in Product Data Management Lakshmanan Lakshmanan M6603 – Human Factors Methods

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