Abstract
Designing systems to support SA involves three phases: an analysis of SA requirements, the application of SA-oriented design principles, and the measurement of SA during design evaluation. The Designer's Situation Awareness Toolkit (DeSAT) provides support to the designer for each phase of this process through both tutorials and application specific tools. The tutorials cover the Goal Directed Task Analysis (GDTA) methodology for delineating SA requirements, SA oriented design principles, and the Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT) methodology. The application specific tools include a tool for documenting GDTAs, a Checklist tool to assist designers in evaluating how well a design concept has met the relevant SA requirements, a Design Guidance application, and a tool for creating and administering SAGAT queries (Super SAGAT). Through these tools, DeSAT provides a comprehensive approach for improving the designer's ability to create designs based on sound SA oriented design principles.
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