PSY/CS330 Human Factors
04/30/2001
Day 1-20
Fundamental Principles of Human Factors
uHonor Thy User!
lIt is our job to take the user’s perspective
lWe are the users advocate with the designers and producers of the system under consideration.
uThere are always tradeoffs!
lDiffering goals will always conflict and need to be balanced.
lTo enhance one feature of a system will minimize others. 
lIt is possible and likely that both features of the system are important and desirable.