Perspectives on cognitive task analysis : historical origins and modern communities of practice / edited by Robert R. Hoffman, Laura G. Militello.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-480) and indexes.

pt. 1. History -- 1. Introduction to section 1: history -- 2. A history of task analysis -- 3. The evolution of task analysis into cognitive task analysis : from time and motion studies to man-machine system -- 4. Defining and bounding cognitive task analysis -- 5. Emergence of communities of practice / with contributions by David D. Woods -- part 2. The "perspectives" -- 6. Introduction to section 2: the perspectives -- 7. Cognitive systems engineering -- 8. Expertise studies -- 9. Naturalistic decision making -- 10. Work analysis -- 11. Sociological and ethnographic perspectives -- 12. Human-centered computing -- part 3. Synthesis -- 13. Introduction to section 3: synthesis -- 14. Synthesis : divergences of the perspectives -- 15. Synthesis : convergences of the perspectives -- 16. Synthesis : convergence on the topic of teamwork and team cognition -- 17. Synthesis : methodological challenges for cognitive task analysis / with contributions by David D. Woods.

This comprehensive history of task analysis charts its origins from the earliest applied psychology through to modern forms of task analysis that focus on the study of cognitive work. Through this detailed historical analysis, it is made apparent how task analysis has always been cognitive. Chapters cover the histories, key ideas, and contributions to the methodology of a number of communities of practice, including: sociotechnics, European work analysis, naturalistic decision making, cognitive systems engineering, ethnography, and human factors.--From publisher's description.