Latest Issue of Free Pint - Enterprise Search

The most recent issue of the British information industry newsletter Free Pint has an article on the key success factors in designing and implementing enterprise search. Those factors are:

• Excellent project management
• Knowing what there is to be searched
• Rigorous testing
• Understanding user requirements
• Understanding the technology of search
• Anticipating scalability and extensibility issues
• Assessing integration issues
• Testing for usability
• Meeting changing user requirements
• Appreciating that 'trust' is the best metric of search performance

The article links to free web resources on the topic of enterprise search as well as to a Free Pint report (for purchase) entitled Enterprise Search Guidebook.