ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents a Human Factors and Ergonomics evaluation of a digital Mission Planning and Battlespace Management (MP/BM) system. The discipline is introduced with a few examples of how it has contributed to improved display and control design. The book offers observational studies of the tasks people were undertaking in the headquarters prior to digitisation and provides a deconstruction of the activities performed in the operation of the digital MP/BM system. The deconstruction takes place under the rubric of Hierarchical Task Analysis and creates a hierarchy of goals, sub-goals and plans. The book also provides an evaluation of Distributed Situation Analysis during mission planning and execution activities supported by the digital MP/BM system. It considers the analysis of networks in digital Network Enabled Technology.
