Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction - call for chapter contributions

Dan Diaper writes: My 1989 book "Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction" is widely cited but now out of print. I propose, with Prof. Neville Stanton of Brunel University, to produce a completely new book on Task Analysis for HCI.

Wishing to be inclusive and egalitarian, we wish to solicit chapters from across the HCI community. Interested authors should send a title and abstract to ddiaper@bournemouth.ac.uk by Monday, 1st. November, 2001. We will contact authors during November and we would hope for chapters to be submitted by the end of February, 2002. The book will be very carefully edited so that the chapters are properly integrated and cross-reference each
other.

While subject to change once we receive abstracts, we propose the following structure to the book:
Section 1: Introduction
Chapters to cover: What is TA?; Task Taxonomies; TA and Software Engineering/Systems Analysis/etc.; Data for TA; Task Observation;
Describing Behaviour; Delivering TA to Industry; ...

Section 2: TA Methods
Chapters to cover as many of the major TA methods as possible: e.g. HTA, GOMS, TKS/KAT, CTA, ...

Section 3: Case Studies
We wish to include as wide a range of examples of TA use as possible.

Section 4: Future Developments
Undoubtedly current TA methods and their application could be improved. We are looking for chapters that identify current difficulties and offer suggestions for TA's future development.

Dan Diaper, Ph.D., MBCS,
Prof. of Systems Science & Engineering,
School of Design, Engineering & Computing,
Bournemouth University.
Email: ddiaper@bournemouth.ac.uk

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