Importance of the Study of HCI for Systems Analysts and the SDLC

This article makes up Chapter 1 of the free, open access book titled, Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology, by John Gallaugher. Please ensure that you read the entire Chapter 1 of the book consisting of 3 parts (Part 1 Introduction; Part 2 Don’t Guess, Gather Data; and Part 3 Moving Forward).

Modern organizations use a variety of resources to fulfill their objectives regardless if the company is a multinational or small entity, they all have a set of resources they depend on to achieve their goals. Part of the resource relied on is Information, and this information needs to be managed to optimize its value to produce the best stakeholder value they can. In order to manage these resources, Information Management systems are put in place.

In the world of business, information technology strategy has been overlooked by owners for they are so focused on marketing strategies. Keeping up with the use of information technology is in just about all types of industrial process and just as important. It has been a proven fact that it contributes to the development of strategies and tactics when developing a product or service. During the twentieth century the accelerated progress in information technology has developed a large variety of technologies for the collecting and storage of information such as the Internet, software companies, and personal computers.

Valacich, J., & Schneider, C. (2012).Information systems today: Managing in the digital world(5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Since it so widely known it is much easier to use and manage. One example is the file system in windows explorer which makes it easier to find files and search them through the search bar.

When assessing the hardware needs of the new HRIS software Kendall had to pay close attention to the required specifications. This may have taken additional research beyond learning the specs and delving deeper into

-Researchers are trying to find the ways that make people use the computer easily without any difficulty. For example, there are many people they don’t even know how to use the computer but as long as they get a job, they will learn how to use it. Also, kinds of system that easy to use like a windows operation that people used to use it in the past.

The effectiveness of HCI can also be measured by doing tests on that HCI to see how much errors it has, and after doing tests if the results show that it has a lot of errors then that HCI will not be a very effective. This is because a lot of errors on a HCI can make the user slow down when interacting with the HCI, but if there are not that much errors then it can be known as an effective HCI, because the user can use it effectively without having to troubleshoot.

Some of the critical success factors involved in HMIS implementation include: user characteristics, systems design characteristics, and organizational characteristics. User characteristics is one of the more broader categories that encompass “learning style, cognitive behavior, user attitudes and user expectations of what the HMIS can do for them” (Tan, Payton, & Tan, 2010, p. 235). Ironically, users don’t participate in the creation of the system, but constitute if the system should correlate with their expectations. If the system doesn’t correlate with user expectation then the HMIS implementation is not as successful as it could. Dickens and Simmons noted the factors that relate to resistance that include: operating efficiency, informal organization structure, user personalities and cultural background, peer pressure and previous

Devices are changing people’s lifestyles. People work and communicate with devices, which people couldn’t have even imagined 100 years ago. Interaction Design makes users’ lives more convenient by analyzing the relationship between people and devices. Interaction Design will mostly used for web and mobile applications now because users always interact with them in daily life. Especially, the navigation in a mobile application can make people’s life easier. For example, in Gmail mobile application, emails can be achieved by swiping, so that people don’t need to waste their time to read those unimportant email. Also, the designers can attract more users by unique Interaction Design. For example, snapchat’s face filters help them increase users’

An HRIS, or human resources information system, is a technological resource enabling human resources departments to collect and maintain information related to employees, payroll, organizational structure, compensation administration, etc., in one system so the data can be easily accessed, updated, and analyzed for a multitude of general and strategic HR purposes ("Brief of HRIS",

This paper was prepared for Social Issues in Computing, CSCE 4010, Section 1, taught by Ian Brooks.

It is generally accepted that information is a vital commodity for the successful operation of today’s organizations. Nowadays modern business organizations are using computerized information systems in order to obtain such information. However as the technology advances rapidly the main issue is how can an organization should effectively use such an information system - which its management sometimes can be unpredictable - in order to effectively help the whole organization structure to improve and take the most out of it.

In order to succeed today, organizations that are competing in global markets are increasing rapidly. The increased use of technologies such as the Internet, intranets, and extranets will definitely revolutionize how businesses will operate and how they will use computers to compete. The Internet and related technologies and applications have changed the ways companies operate their businesses processes and activities. For example, companies can network their offices and share data to be more effective and efficient. However, excessive use of the Internet, intranets, and extranets also create intense

Businesses rely heavily on knowledge about human-machine interaction (HMI) in the successful use of existing and new products. This work will examine IBM research as well as three other sites involved with Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the approaches utilized in comparison to IBM.