Around a month ago, our team conducted a remote Summative Human Factors Test on an in vitro medical device required for this pandemic in six weeks, start to finish. Looking back in hindsight, we all have the same response: “How on earth did we manage to deliver it on time?” A lot of effort was…
In the beginning was normality. Or so we all thought. Now normality has changed. It adapted, it progressed, it enveloped us all and we have all had to adapt to a new normal. One that challenges our perceptions of personal and family safety, and for employers, the safety of our employees and their families, their…
First and foremost, we wish health and happiness through this unprecedented time as the COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect on all our personal and professional lives. THAY Medial have been planning and taking the necessary precautions to ensure that testing continues but with the teams’ and participants’ safety taking priority. To ensure everyone’s safety,…
Some thoughts on ‘test anxiety’ by Vaidotas Nenorta, Human Factors Engineer. I want to talk about a very important test factor that every single one of us encounters in our lives when performing human factors and usability tests – participant anxiety. Test anxiety appears in our bodies, just like before stepping in to a photo-shoot…