HE00925 - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION APPLIED TO U.S. COAST GUARD SURFACE ASSET ACQUISITIONS

The US Coast Guard's Human Systems Integration (HSI) has become the technical and management approach to the entire lifecycle of systems that integrates human related issues into the technical and operational picture within the USCG acquisition community.

The HSI human factors engineering team has made progress within both the SENTINEL Class Patrol Boat and Offshore Patrol Cutter projects by applying the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) process of defining key human performance parameters and operational requirements for the development of the assets. The HSI Technical Authority best practices throughout the Systems Engineering Life Cycle include engaging in the evaluations of gross task analyses, critical task analyses and the integration of human factors and system safety evaluations on current drawings and models for compliance with government standards.