Cognitive Task Analysis: Current use and practice in the UK Armed Forces and elsewhere

This report is concerned with Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA). It covers the origins, growth, and diversity of CTA as an activity, current practice in the UK Armed Forces and civilian operations, reviews an extensive range of archive material and draws a number of conclusions as to the best practice. It reveals that there is no consistent use of CTA in the Armed Forces. Recommendations are made as to how CTA techniques could be implemented so as to benefit UK MoD with regard to both training and procurement

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