A User-Friendly Design of an Interactive Prototype for the Maintenance and Monitoring of Civilian Training Records
Ivon Ralph Young, Sharon Elizabeth Slominski · 1988
Abstract : The objectives of this thesis are to identify through research and user involvement the issues relating to user satisfaction concerning the man computer interface and then prototype an interactive design based upon those identified issues. The Civilian Personnel Office, Naval Postgraduate School, was chosen for the area of evaluation and application, since it has on-line computer capabilities that are idle because of the difficulty of use. The thesis process developed a working prototype using guidelines identified through research and user involvement of user friendly software. An important conclusion of this study is the observation that while interactive system development should commence with independent designs of both the functional application and the user interface, recognition of the interrelationships that might be created by the implementation environment can have a significant impact on the quality of system performance and must be thoroughly investigated before final system design. Keywords: Ease of use; Human factors engineering; Theses.