This paper outlines the use of cognitive walkthrough for design and evaluation of an airplane cockpit. Designers need methods that can help predicting the outcome of proposed design features at an early stage of design and later during design alterations and updating. Since the design of a military aircraft may take 10-15 years, it is important to develop evaluation methods other than user testing. This report proposes the use of Cognitive Walkthrough (CW) to evaluate the Pilot-Cockpit Interface.
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