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• What's New
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Use of the SSE
  • SSE Compliance Process
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities
  • SSE Points of Contact
  • SSE Introductory Presentation
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Resources
  • Resource Overview
  • Compliance Tools
  • Tailoring Guide
  • Glossary
  • Archived Version of SSE
• Key Support Areas and Governing Policies
  • KSA 1 – Logistics Readiness and Sustainability
    • KSA 1 – Introduction
    • GP 1.1 – Logistics Readiness and Sustainability Requirements
    • GP 1.2 – Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO)
    • GP 1.3 – Support Continuity
    • GP 1.4 – Deleted
  • KSA 2 - Supportability Engineering
    • KSA 2 – Introduction
    • GP 2.1 – ILS Process and Support Solution Development
    • GP 2.2 – Reliability
    • GP 2.3 – Obsolescence Management
    • GP 2.4 – Automatic Test Systems and Test and Measurement Equipment
    • GP 2.5 – Configuration Management of Defence Materiel
    • GP 2.6 – Technical Documentation
    • GP 2.7 – Disposal
    • GP 2.8 – Training and Training Equipment
    • GP 2.9 – Manpower and Human Factors Integration
  • KSA 3 - Supply Chain Management
    • KSA 3 – Introduction
    • GP 3.1 – Supply Chain Management
    • GP 3.2 – Codification and Item Ownership
    • GP 3.3 – Inventory Planning
    • GP 3.4 – Packaging and Labelling
    • GP 3.5 – Materiel and Financial Accounting
    • GP 3.6 – Fuels, Lubricants and Industrial Gases
    • GP 3.7 – Equipment Transportability
  • KSA 4 - Logistic Information
    • KSA 4 – Introduction
    • GP 4.1 – Logistics Information Requirements Planning
    • GP 4.2 – Information Systems and Services Requirements Planning
• GPs Amendment or Development
  • Overview

Content

Governing Policy (GP) 2.9 – Manpower and Human Factors Integration

Scope

This Governing Policy (GP) outlines the activities required to ensure that Human Factors Integration (HFI) issues are managed effectively throughout the acquisition cycle to achieve a solution that meets the users’ needs together with cost and performance targets.

HFI is a systemic process for identifying, tracking and resolving human related issues, ensuring a balanced development of both technologies and human aspects of capability.

Military systems can only achieve an optimal level of performance and acceptable level of safety if the operators and maintainers’ requirements, capabilities and limitations are considered during equipment design.

It is essential that a set of robust Human Factors requirements are included in acquisition and support contracts in order to aid the specification and demonstration of the requisite performance and safety levels.

Applicability

This GP is applicable to all Projects procuring, or supporting, new, or legacy, equipment systems that have a human interface for operation and / or maintenance.

Underpinning Policy

Def Stan 00

Def Stan 00-250 Human Factors for Designers of Systems.

Compliance Tool - Evidence Requirements

The Evidence Requirements for this GP can be found within the SSE Compliance Tool.

The adopted Support Solution is to provide specific evidence in order to achieve compliance with the needs of this GP.

Variations from this evidence set may be possible and should be discussed with the Subject Matter Experts (SME) or the relevant Support Solutions Officer (SSO) at the earliest opportunity.

Any risks associated with this variance will be agreed with the Key Support Area (KSA) Owner’s representative and SSO for the project team to manage or mitigate.

Supporting Information

• People in Systems handbook [PDF]
• HFI Defence Technolgy Centre
  • MAP-01-010 Human Factors Integration Management Guide.
  • MAP-01-011 Human Factors Integration Technical Guide.

Sponsoring Authority

• Human Factors Integration Policy
• DE&S Abbey Wood
• Mil: 9679 37553
• Civ: +44 (0) 30 679 37553
• Email: DESSESEIG-HFI-Pol@mod.uk

Subject Matter Experts (SME)

For all aspects of this KSA the initial POC is the SIT Lead.

On completion of tailoring, the following may be contacted for specialist advice.

Title	Scope	Phone / Email
DES SE SEIG-HFI-Land	Land	Mil: 9352 35530 Civ: +44 (0) 117 913 5530 Email: DESSESEIG-HFI-Land@mod.uk
DES SE SEIG-HFI-Air	Air	Mil: 9679 35578 Civ: +44 (0) 30 679 5578 Email: DESSESEIG-HFI-Air@mod.uk
DES SESea-ShipDes	Maritime	Mil: 9352 35124 Civ: +44 (0) 117 913 5124 Email: DESSESea-ShipDes@mod.uk

Change History

Change History

Due to the significant number of changes contained within the SSE Version 5 update, ‘Change History’ will only reflect those amendments, inclusions or deletions which follow the launch of the website on 1st November 2008.

The SSE updated to Version 5.0.0 on 1st November 2008 following a full review of all documents and changes to a number of GPs. Individual document Change History pages will detail changes other than minor editorial amendments.

1 August 2010

Removal of ‘Support Solution Assurance Guidance’ paragraph.

Minor text change.

1 July 2010

Minor text change.

Sponsor details changed.

Email address changed (HFI Land, HFI Air).

1 April 2010

Text changed to reflect that support assurance policy and guidance is now incorporated into JSP 899.

1 March 2010

‘Supporting Information’ document changed.

1 October 2009

Email address changed.

1 July 2009

Support Solution Assurance Guidance paragraph added.

SME details amended.

1 May 2009

Minor text changes.

‘Support Improvement Team Officer’ changed to ‘Support Solutions Officer’.

‘IPT’ changed to ‘project team’.

Hyperlink added.

1 April 2009

Hyperlink targets amended.

‘Engagement’ changed to ‘Support Improvement’.

‘Representative’ added to KSA owner.

1 November 2008

Major update.