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The notion of a user task needs using with care and needs placing in the context of a more abstract representation of the human-computer system. A framework is developed which provides a structure within which both existing tasks and new tasks can be considered. The framework focuses on an information processing view of HCI and distinguishes conceptual from physical design. In doing so it seeks to complement other perspectives (such as ergonomic, sociological, organisational etc.) rather than to replace them. The data centred framework enables designers to place the idea of ‘task’ within a considered cognitive approach.
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Benyon, D. (1995). A Data Centred Framework for User-Centred Design. In: Nordby, K., Helmersen, P., Gilmore, D.J., Arnesen, S.A. (eds) Human—Computer Interaction. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-5041-2896-4_33
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