Rapid Modeling of Expert Reasoning
Thursday, February 19th, 2009A major challenge in cognitive design is modeling psychological (thinking, affective, motivational, volitional) processes, structures and content. To design for cognition you must understand how it is working (or not) within the groups and artifacts of interest.
It is best to start any modeling effort with a context diagram and drive down on various components using specific techniques until you have the information you need. I illustrate one way to do this with the cognition at work template in a brief slide presentation.
Recently, I have been experimenting with a new technique, the macrocognitive modeling procedure (MMP) developed by researchers at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.
