An Approach for Specifying and Managing Submarine Combat System Operator Interface Requirements

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of a carefully developed set of control and display standards and conventions for submarine combat systems, and the use of a requirements data base and rapid prototyping to assist in their definition. Some of the human factors issues that are confronted when attempting to develop a useful set of control and display standards are discussed. The requirements data base is also being used to assure that the proper level of interface consistency is achieved across functional interfaces. The data base incorporates attributes of Navy specified control and display requirements and attributes imposed by the human factors engineer. The data base attributes and its potential uses for defining and managing operator interface requirements are discussed.