A woman is operated on while she's awake...

A plane runs out of gas while circling an airport for 30 minutes...

A passenger liner is mistaken for an enemy fighter and shot down...

A company invests in a new system that will cost them money...

What do these failure have in common? How can we prevent them from happening again?



Zusammenfassung
A woman is operated on while she's awake... A plane runs out of gas while circling an airport for 30 minutes... A passenger liner is mistaken for an enemy fighter and shot down... A company invests in a new system that will cost them money... What do these failure have in common? How can we prevent them from happening again?

Inhalt

Background and Perspective. Harnessing Landmine Expertise. Not Too Old to Drive. Get this on the ground. Number Please. You Guys Better Take Good Care of Me. Too Many Cooks. Decisions as Sea. The Cognitive Engineers Speak from the Trenches. Commentary by William C. Howell.

Titel
Stories of Modern Technology Failures and Cognitive Engineering Successes
EAN
9781410618481
ISBN
978-1-4106-1848-1
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
19.09.2007
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
1.8 MB
Anzahl Seiten
136
Jahr
2007
Untertitel
Englisch