The High Performance HMI Handbook

by Bill Hollifield, Dana Oliver, Ian Nimmo

The High Performance HMI Handbook is the first and only comprehensive book containing the best-practice principles for assessing, designing, and implementing proper process control Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs). Poorly designed and poorly performing Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) are rampant throughout the process industries. They can degrade safety, production, quality, and profitability. Time after time, they are cited as contributing factors to major industrial accidents. The book contains experience and intellectual property that has never before been released, It is jointly authored by 2 companies, PAS and User Centered Design Services (UCDS), who have decades of experience in process control, HMI design, and human factors. The book reveals many poor yet common HMI practices, provides the justification for change, and shows in great detail the best way to design and implement a truly High Performance HMI. It contains over 90 color illustrations, plus many relevant real world examples, anecdotes, and surprises. This is not your usual boring engineering text! The HMI principles covered in this book apply to petrochemical, refining, power generation, pharmaceutical, and other industries where operators use modern control systems with computer-based control displays. Whether you are a project engineer designing or improving a control system or a manager looking to improve process safety, productivity, and profitability, you will find tremendous value in The High Performance HMI Handbook.

Genres: Nonfiction

206 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2008

Reviews

[Missy Sims · Rating 5 out of 5]

The HMI improved as computer capabilities advanced. HMIs have progressed from a simple command line interface (think of the old DOS prompt) to graphical interfaces (from DOS to Windows) and are now moving towards Augmented Reality and beyond. Each technological advancement has provided the operator with more knowledge about the process, as well as more relevant information. The purpose of the HMI from this Website has shifted from just managing the machine to gaining a better knowledge of how it works and maximizing its efficiency and output.

[Jordan Grossman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good info and very thoughtful insight.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish the author would go into more details and provide more examples, but this is already a rare example of practical HMI design guideline. Hope to find more of this kind.

[Rodrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although the book is from 2008, it's still an excellent reference for HMI design.

[Luiz Pauleti · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book helped me to "name" the feelings I have experienced in my first job as an HMI developer. For someone coming from the IT world, HMI screens not developed with the High-performance concepts in mind look like an Atari video game from the 80s.
The book guides the mindset shift process (IT people and OT people, both, need a shift) while presenting real-world experiences.
I wish it had more examples of actual screens.

[Rehan Shams]

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