= Error Handling =

== Types of human error ==

* slips
  * genuine human error when operating equipment
  * action is not what was intended
* lapses
  * spacing out
* mistakes
  * more serious consequences
  * intention is not appropriate
* Violations
  * purposful breaking things

== Slips ==

=== types of slips/errors ===

* capture errors start of task sequence
  * drive to store, but wound up driving to work
* description errors two tasks are very similar
  * throwing laundry in toilet
* data-driven errors counting
  * Meant one number but used another
* associative activation errors
  * internal associations between tasks, IE fruendian slips
* loss-of-activation errors
  * forgetting why you started a task

=== prevent slips ===

* minimize number of steps by allowing existence of constraints
* provide clear visible or audible reminders/sugesstions
* utilize forcing functions
  * IE required step to complete a process