Recommendations for joint-agency investments
- Satisfying common requirements: choose a Group I system
- Agency -Specific Recommendations
- To determine search effectiveness (accuracy, query formulation, relevance ranking, etc.) test all three Group 1 systems on actual retrieval tasks and data collections with operational users.
- Benchmark these systems on appropriate hardware configurations and full-size collections
- If all else is equal, leverage existing investments by some agencies in particular products
- For agencies whose individual requirements concerns outweigh benefits of Group1 solution, consult Agency-Specific Recommendations.