title: Human-centered design (HCD) of a fault-finding application for mobile devices and its impact on the reduction of time in fault diagnosis in the manufacturing industry.
abstract: The present article describes the design process of a fault-finding application for mobile devices, which was built to support workers' performance by guiding them through a systematic strategy to stay focused during a fault-finding process. In collaboration with a project partner in the manufacturing industry, a fault diagnosis application was conceptualized based on a human-centered design approach (ISO 9241-210:2010). A field study with 42 maintenance workers was conducted for the purpose of evaluating the performance enhancement of fault finding in three different scenarios as well as for assessing the workers' acceptance of the technology. Workers using the mobile device application were twice as fast at fault finding as the control group without the application and perceived the application as very useful. The results indicate a vast potential of the mobile application for fault diagnosis in contemporary manufacturing systems.
authors.affiliation: Industrial, Organizational and Business Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: annette.kluge@rub.de.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kluge
authors.affiliation: Cognitive and Media Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: anatoli.termer@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anatoli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Termer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008283:Maintenance; D066192:Manufacturing Industry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D063731:Mobile Applications; D012985:Software Design; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Manufacturing; Mobile device; Troubleshooting