Implementation and Evaluation of Document Production Support System "DLO-Editor" with Obsession Mechanism

Abstract

In late years, the effective application of IT for the efficiency of works is required further by the development of IT. The ability of users to carry out works effectively with IT is essential to implement it. This paper considers the work efficiency in people"fs work style today, and focuses on the task of document producing. The efficiency of document producing is the essential element in all the business activities, and it is the task that everyone can achieve simply. Enhancing the efficiency of document producing is related to the improvement of the work efficiency in users"f work style. Recently, producing documents at mobile system is becoming more popular by the appearance of tablet computers and large-screen smartphones, the efficiency of document producing is even more required. In this paper, we focus on the most essential point in producing documents, which is "gto complete within a deadline". The function that makes users meet the deadline is important for document producing to enhance users"f work efficiency. To implement that function into the system, we apply a human cognition mechanism for deadlines, such as the mechanism of obsession to deadline. We call it as "gDeadline Obsession (DLO)" in this paper and use that cognition mechanism to implement a support system "gDLO-Editor" for document producing to improve users"f work efficiency, and also evaluate the utilization effect of the system.