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Great examples of the fallacy Don Norman points out in "The design of everyday things": Assigning "human error" and declaring the analysis done, not considerin
by blackbrokkoli 7y ago
Great examples of the fallacy Don Norman points out in "The design of everyday things":
Assigning "human error" and declaring the analysis done, not considering design may be at fault.
Just Ctrl+F the keywords, the exact phrase is used three times and paraphrased a dozen time more. My favorite is “It was basically human error… there’s nothing wrong with our accounting systems”. If your spreadsheet has billion-dollar impact, why is there no 4-eyes-principle? Why do humans even have a hand in data transfer? No sanity checks? No automation? Stop blaming the user!
- xivzgrev 7y agoThis. I read maybe half a dozen of the stories and just kept thinking “they don’t have great quality control measures in place”. Like you said four eyes principle.