System Development Technical Group

System Development Technical Group

TG Chair: Brian GoreHFES 2006

SDTG Business MeetingWednesday October 12, 2006

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Business Meeting - 2006 Agenda

• Welcome/Overview• Current Officers• COTG Review• SDTG Status

– Membership– Finances

• SDTG 2006 Program• Products/ Services

– Newsletter– Website– Listserve

• By-Laws• How to get involved…• Comments/ Discussion• Election/New Officers for

2006-2007• Direction for 2006-2007• Reminders

Overview• The SDTG was established to foster research and

information exchange on the integration of HF/E into the development of systems and products

• Members are concerned with defining HF/E activities and integrating them into the system/product development process in order to provide systems that meet user requirements– Examples include:

• Computer systems, health care systems, aerospace system, consumer products, commercial/nuclear power systems, environmental systems, organizational systems, perceptual systems, robotic systems, other vehicle systems (UAVs, etc)





Current Officers • SDTG Members serving as officers of the SDTG for

2005-2006– Chair - Brian Gore– Secretary/Treasurer - Lori McDonnell– Technical Program Chair - Janae Lockett-Reynolds– Technical Program Chair Elect - Jay Shively– Newsletter Editor - Melissa Weaver/Wenbi Wang– Webmaster - Teresa Alley

Council of Technical Groups (COTG) Review

• Meeting held on Monday to update the COTG about the status of the COTG (issues with this organization)

• Suggestion to use the COTG to move the TGs forward, and as a result, they are interested in looking for opportunities to move the TG forward

• Primary issue facing the COTG is how to spend surplus balance (from interest from the TGs)

– Coordination between TGs– Process required to get the coordination working– Grants versus loans and the criteria for each

• Discussed budgetary independence of the TGs from the COTG• Should the COTG be maintained? Vote 9-7 in favor of maintaining COTG• Discussion of ballot dissemination - is all the membership being reached?• Newsletters - consideration to remove the newsletter requirement

Status-Treasurer’s ReportMembership Finances





SystemDevelopment

Balance, 1/1/06 4,168.52

Checking Interest 0.00Dues 1,100.00Sponsorship 0.00TG CD Interest 0.00Video 0.00

1,100.00

AM Social 0.00Award 0.00Postage 0.00Program chair 0.00Speaker 0.00Teleconference 0.00

0.001,100.00

Balance 9/19/06 5,268.52

Membership Numbers…• SDTG increase is healthy relative to other TG’s

growth in percentage increaseTechnical Group Balance Income Expense Balance Surplus Members Members Change %

1/1/06 9/19/06 (Loss) 8/31/05 8/31/06 Increase Rank

COTG 41062.08 3362.56 0.00 44424.64 3362.56

Aerospace Systems 13898.46 2783.00 255.05 16426.41 2527.95 346 409 63 18% 12Aging 6341.19 1525.00 200.00 7666.19 1325.00 240 277 37 15% 14Cognitive Engineering 7109.46 5568.00 1000.00 11677.46 4568.00 614 781 167 27% 7Communications 9641.41 918.00 500.00 10059.41 418.00 109 133 24 22% 9Computer Systems 21607.98 2384.00 0.00 23991.98 2384.00 319 340 21 7%Education 2135.87 828.00 0.00 4999.72 2863.85 151 184 33 22% 9Environmental Design 2425.27 530.00 500.00 2455.27 30.00 123 156 33 27% 7Forensics Professional 7021.14 1831.97 4.54 8848.57 1827.43 261 260 -1 0%Health Care 2637.84 2143.00 0.00 4780.84 2143.00 336 456 120 36% 3Human Performance 1500.20 2185.00 0.00 3685.20 2185.00 290 374 84 29% 6Individual Differences 3933.86 781.00 0.00 4714.86 781.00 131 160 29 22% 9Industrial Ergonomics 7804.54 3434.00 0.00 11238.54 3434.00 476 540 64 13% 15Internet* 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 298 298 Macroergonomics 7001.31 1195.00 0.00 8196.31 1195.00 180 203 23 13% 15Perception & Perf. 8583.47 2587.00 0.00 11170.47 2587.00 324 449 125 39% 2Product Design 14439.05 3660.00 796.15 17302.90 2863.85 355 522 167 47% 1Safety 3415.13 3598.00 0.00 7013.13 3598.00 458 531 73 16% 12Surface Transportation 2775.67 1972.00 782.89 3964.78 1189.11 305 362 57 19% 11System Development 4168.52 1100.00 0.00 5268.52 1100.00 144 194 50 35% 4Test and Evaluation 930.72 1510.00 0.00 2440.72 1510.00 191 249 58 30% 5Training 7958.00 1379.00 0.00 9337.00 1379.00 237 287 50 21% 10Virtual Environments 3978.61 1145.00 0.00 5123.61 1145.00 155 196 41 26% 8

2006 TPC Review• Abstracts were reviewed by three or more reviewers on a 7

point scale– Writing quality, quality of research, substance of contribution, title

representativeness, and overall quality• 17 qualified reviewers participated in the peer review• 27 abstracts submitted (18 lectures, 2 posters, 1

demonstration and 6 participants for the symposium)• 12 papers were accepted for presentation

– Reviewed papers ranged from 3.08 to 6.125– Accepted submissions received a minimum average rating of

4.00/5.00 + reviewer recommendation– 100% posters, demos, invited symposia, 66% lectures

Direction - 2005-2006• Be responsive!• Continue providing member value through

information dissemination– Emails of employment opportunities, etc

• Visibility– Established the David Meister SDTG Annual Award

for lasting contributions to the SDTG Charter

Newsletter Update • Great mechanism for increasing visibility

and keeping members informed• The move towards electronic newsletters

– 2001-2002 - Cost outlined as being an issue– 2002-03, 2003-04 - Time required to produce newsletter is high

and reducing the production time is desired (Electronic only)?– 2004-2005 - Three primarily electronic newsletters produced– 2005-2006 - Two electronic newsletters produced

• Time and expense to produce has dramatically decreased• Increased efficiency in production time

– 2007-2008 - COTG discussion about removing the newsletter requirement

Current Areas of Concern• Membership decline is reversing -

– 35% increase over the last year, 41% increase over the last two years– Mean membership increase is 20%

• Newsletter information/content– Obtaining information to include in the newsletter– Vast, diffuse focus area for the SDTG– Desire to offer useful information for the cross disciplinary

SDTG membership– Need to obtain more information from members for general dissemination

to the membership• Officer nominations

– Need more participation from members to guide the direction of the TG

Website update (www.sdtg.hfes.org)

• Review current design– Design issues/problems with the site?– Is the format acceptable? Are the links clearly marked? Is the information that

you are seeking on the page?• Input information:

– On SDTG operations• Aim - to document each of the actual position’s responsibilities undertaken (to reduce

re-inventing the wheel)• Bylaws

– On SDTG articles/references– Newsletters– Employment opportunities

• Challenges:– Keeping all information (especially contact information) current– All changes must be made through the HFES, the Chair, or the

Secretary/Treasurer

Listserve update/quick review• Centrally held at HFES• Listserve has been an effective tool for

communication between members• Problems?

– Sending– Receiving

• Suggestions for improving usefulness?

Bylaws• Most recent version (2002) of the bylaws is on

the web• COTG Meeting indicated that most TGs do not

have bylaws• Officers will need to revisit the notion of formal

bylaws

How to get involved…• Renew TG dues• Add to and assist us in completing the annual initiatives

(volunteers are always welcome)• Submit articles to the SDTG Newsletter Editor• Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer!

– To assist current officers– To serve as a reviewer for the SDTG Technical Program

through one of the current officers– New ideas for fostering/enabling participation from the

membership• E.g. what are we missing, what do you look for from the SDTG, how

can we better target this?

Officer Introductions for 2006-2007• Officers have been elected to serve in

guiding the direction of the SDTG for 2006-2007– Chair - Jerry Duncan– Secretary/Treasurer - Larry Avery– Technical Program Chair - Jay Shively– Technical Program Chair Elect - Janice Hebermehl– Newsletter Editor - Wenbi Wang– Webmaster - Teresa Alley

Direction - 2006-2007 • Provide smooth transition to new Chair and new SDTG

Officers• Continue to add value for membership to improve the

membership numbers– Implementing the David Meister SDTG Annual Award to

recognize the paper that is likely to have a lasting contribution to the SDTG Charter (1st Award - HFES 2007 - Baltimore, MD)

– New methods for augmenting knowledge and importance of system related material

– Add to the initiatives list to enable continued growth in 2006 and beyond

Outstanding concerns/ideas?

Remaining SDTG Session• Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

SD 2 - Lecture SessionOrganizational Factors in Design: How to Support Collaborative Relationships and Information Sharing through Network Analysis and Requirements Capture

• Thursday: 15:30 p.m. - 17:00 p.m.SD 3 - Lecture SessionSubjective Feedback, Performance Assessments, and Iterative Design--Critical Factors That Drive Design Decisions

• Friday:10:30-12:00 - PosterExploring Relevant Concepts in the Presentation of Audio Within a Simulated or Virtual Environment

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