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Examples from the Readings
 Software Support - Ziff Technologies
 Point of Sale - Innovis DesignCenter
 Customer Service (Accounts) - American Express
 Customer Service (Field Engineering) - Amdahl
 Product Information - Steelcase Inc.
 Manufacturing - Intel Corp.
 Total Quality Management - Dow Chemical
 Direct Sales - Prime Computer
 Specialized Analysis - AT&T
 Software Development - IBM Corporation
For each of these examples, consider:
(1) Is the business problem well-defined?
(2) Is the relationship between business performance and human performance clear?
(3) Does the design result in increased human performance that, in turn, fosters improvement in business performance?
(4) Is the performance support system sufficiently focused in terms of :
(a) task representations;
(b) performer representations;
(c) information / knowledge representations?
(5) Did the development process include interaction design prior to interface design / development?
(6) Did the development process include information and/or knowledge engineering?
(7) Did the development process include performance-centered usability testing?
(8) Does the implementation of the program include continuous monitoring and improvement?
Which of the examples are truly performance centered?
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