%M C.SMC.89.1187
%T System Design and Evaluation with Hypertext Checklists
%A Perlman, Gary
%B Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
%D 1989
%P 1187-1193
%K user interfaces, systems development, hypertext, hypermedia, methods
%Y Introduction
Guidelines, Standards, Rules
The Checklist Method
NaviText SAM: A Hypertext Checklist
    NaviText SAM Workspace Windows
    NaviText SAM Functions
    Viewing Options
    Finding Design Sources with Hypertext
        Dynamic Outliner
        Keyword Search
        Following Cross-References
        Citation Index
        Library-Shelf Search
    Prioritizing Design Guidelines
    Defining Rules
    Specify, Prototype, Build
    System Evaluation
    System Redesign
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References (13)
%X In this paper, I discuss how hypertext software can aid in the application
of technical reference sources to system design and evaluation.  Technical
reference sources, such as collections of guidelines and standards, can contain
hundreds or thousands of points to which system designers should or must
conform.  Important points can be used to define system-specific design rules,
and can later be used as checkpoints in checklists to evaluate conformance.
Hypertext access to technical reference sources can make it easier to find
checkpoints that are relevant to specific system requirement areas.  Hypertext
can encode ratings of importance of and conformance to checkpoints.  NaviText
SAM implements the checklist method of system design and evaluation in a
hypertext interface to a large design reference source.  Experience with the
method and the system indicates that checklists are useful aids to conformance
and that hypertext provides advantages over manual checklists.

%M C.HFSINT.89.271
%T The Checklist Method for Applying Guidelines to Design and Evaluation
%A Perlman, Gary
%B Proceedings of HFS INTERFACE'89
%D 1989
%P 271-276
%K user interfaces, human factors, systems development, methods, hypertext,
hypermedia
%X The checklist method for applying guidelines to design and evaluation
consists of: finding guidelines relevant to the design requirements,
prioritizing guidelines, defining precise rules based on guidelines, applying
rules to design, evaluating designs against guidelines, and improving design by
reviewing violated guidelines. NaviText SAM software supports the checklist
method with a comprehensive source of guidelines for designing user interface
software.  Experience with the method and the software tool has demonstrated
that design guidelines can be made more accessible with online access and that
software can help manage importance and conformance ratings.

%M E.Newsome.89.10
%T Descriptive Models of Cognitive Aspects of the Engineering Design Process
%A Perlman, Gary
%B Design Theory'88
%E Newsome, A. L.
%E Spillers, W. R.
%E Finger, S.
%D 1989
%P 10-17
%I Springer Verlag
%K methods, systems development, user interfaces
%X In this paper, I discuss some similarities and differences among a
collection of research reports on NSF research on the engineering design
process.  I compare the methods of gathering information on which the
researchers draw their conclusions.  I discuss why I think hypertext is a
promising basis for technical assistance in the design process and how more
controlled experimental methodology may provide more insights into the design
process.