Criteria for success
We suggest that you would consider:
- Did the search produce results which were relevant to the client's needs?
- Did the search produce comprehensive information? ie: enough for the client's needs?
- And conversely, were the search results sifted in order to avoid deluging the client with information?
- Did the search produce information which was reliable, up-to-date and covered all aspects of the topic?
- Did you constantly have to modify the search strategy during the course of the search? And were these modifications a result of deficiencies in your original strategy?
- Did you meet the client's deadlines for producing the results?
- Did your search strategy mean that the search was carried out as quickly and efficiently as possible?
You should have no difficulty in applying the majority of the above criteria when considering the effectiveness of your search. The final criteria relating to time and speed may be less familiar to you.
Let's have a look at the Time spent searching ...
