ABSTRACT
The aim of this concluding chapter is threefold: first, to present an example of a comprehensive Human Factors methodology for evaluating sports performance; second, to demonstrate how Human Factors methods can be applied in a sporting context; and third, and more importantly, to demonstrate how the methods described in this book can be combined and integrated in order to provide a more exhaustive analysis of human performance. Applying the methods described in this book in isolation is perfectly acceptable, and while their utility when applied alone is assured, Human Factors methods are increasingly being applied together as part of frameworks or integrated suites of methods for the evaluation of complex sociotechnical systems (e.g., Stanton et al., 2005; Walker et al., 2006). Often scenarios are so complex and multi-faceted, and analysis requirements so diverse, that various methods need to be applied since one method in isolation cannot cater for the scenario and analysis requirements. The EAST framework (Stanton et al., 2005) described in Chapter 8 is one such example that was developed to examine the work of distributed teams in complex sociotechnical systems. Frameworks or toolkits of methods have also been recommended and applied in the analysis of other Human Factors concepts; for example, for the analysis of human error (Kirwan, 1998a, 1998b), situation awareness (Salmon et al., 2006), and mental workload (Young and Stanton, 2004).
