Clinic - Effect of Intuitive Control User Interfaces on Operations
Clinic
Missed the October 13th webinar or attended but want to dive deeper? Join this clinic for an open discussion on any questions you might have on what UI design actually does to operator decision-making in the control rooms. Additional information is shared below.
Everyday in control room operations, operators require judgement: where to look first, how urgent a deviation is, and which response looks correct. Their response time is a function of how human-centric and intuitive the user interface (UI) design is. If it is not, the gap only shows up later in a slower transition, an override that made sense on screen but not in the unit, or an unplanned shutdown.
This roundtable examines what UI design actually does to operator decision-making in the control rooms. Topics include what "intuitive" means for a board operator under pressure; how a screen moves a quick call toward a risk-assessed one; and what happens when a UI guides an operator too far, including APC and MPC recommendations that get accepted or rejected because the screen made those decisions feel obvious. The conversation also covers where that problem sits (UI, training, or organization); how alarm rationalization can quiet something worth hearing; and what actually goes into building a new graphic: constraints, audience, and how much say operations gets before it ships.
This webinar is built for plant managers and control engineers weighing a UI update of their own, with the decision points worth considering before starting one.
Topic theme: Advanced process control; Graphical user interfaces