Task+Analysis+-+Content+Analysis,+Skill+Analysis,+and+Product+Analysis

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 * Task analysis** is the analysis of how a [|task] is accomplished, including a detailed description of both manual and mental activities,task and element durations, task frequency, task allocation, task complexity, environmental conditions, necessary clothing and equipment, and any other unique factors involved in or required for one or more people to perform a given task. Task analysis emerged from research in [|applied behavior analysis] and still has considerable research in that area.

Information from a task analysis can then be used for many purposes, such as [|personnel selection] and [|training], tool or equipment design, [|procedure] design (e.g., design of [|checklists] or [|decision support systems]) and [|automation]. The term "task" is often used interchangeably with [|activity] or [|process]. Task analysis often results in a hierarchical representation of what steps it takes to perform a task for which there is a goal and for which there is some lowest-level "action" that is performed. Task analysis is often performed by [|human factors] professionals. Task analysis may be of manual tasks, such as bricklaying, and be analyzed as [|time and motion studies] using concepts from [|industrial engineering]. Cognitive task analysis is applied to modern work environments such as [|supervisory control] where little physical works occurs, but the tasks are more related to [|situation assessment], [|decision making], and response planning and execution. Task analysis is also used in [|education]. It is a model that is applied to classroom tasks to discover which [|curriculum] components are well matched to the capabilities of students with [|learning disabilities] and which task modification might be necessary. It discovers which tasks a person hasn't mastered, and the information processing demands of tasks that are easy or problematic. In behavior modification, it is a breakdown of a complex behavioral sequence into steps. This often serves as the basis for [|Chaining].