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Enterprise Search
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Preface
How to Use This Book
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments
1. Searching the Enterprise
Every Day Is a Decision Day
Information as a Corporate Asset
The Information Paradox
Enterprise Search
Search and Information Retrieval
Search Is a Dialog
Search Has to Be Managed
Why Search Is Important
Capitalizing on information investment
Reactive to business opportunities
Making the best use of staff expertise
Bringing new staff on board more quickly
Speeding the process of acquisition
Supporting mobile workers
Reducing workplace stress
Summary
Further Reading
2. Enterprise Search Is Difficult
A Day at the Office
There Are 3,245 Results
There Are 9 Results
There Are 230 Results
There Are 400 Results
There Are 425 Results
There Are 390 Results
You Think It’s All the Relevant Information
A Short History of Search
A Short History of Information Retrieval
Recall, Precision, and Relevance
Why Can’t Our Search Be Like Google?
With Web Search You Have Options
Information Quality
Poor Titles
No Author Information
Metadata
Ambiguous Date Formats
Document Structure
Language
Summary
Further Reading
3. Defining User Requirements
Information Seeking Models
Another Search Engine! Why?
User Requirements and User Satisfaction
Climate Surveys
Diaries
Focus Groups
Help Desk Calls
Microsoft Product Description Cards
Personas
Team Meetings
Usability Tests
Use Cases
Analysis
Compliance
Expertise
Induction
Item
Learning
Mobile
Monitor
Product
Task
User Interviews
User Surveys
Search Benchmarking
Search Logs
Stories
User Feedback
Writing the User Requirements Report
Summary
Further Reading
4. Planning for Search
Making a Business Case
Invest in Skills Before Software
Search Support Team
Stakeholder Analysis
Business Impact
Search Owner
Content
Owner
Scope
Document Size and File Formats
Metadata Management
Language
Security
Technology
Infrastructure
Disaster Recovery
Security
Performance
Metadata and Taxonomies
Help Desk
Usability
Training and Support
Risks
Web Site Search
Summary
Further reading
5. Search Technology Part 1
Content Gathering
Connectors
Document Filters and Language Identification
Parsing and Tokenising
Stop Words
Stemming and Lemmatization
Dates
Phrases
Processing Pipeline
Building and Managing the Index
Security and ACLs
Query Management
Spell Checking
Retrieval Models
Ranking
Summarization
Document Thumbnails
Summary
Further Reading
6. Search Technology Part 2
Entity Extraction
People Search
Federated Search
Duplicate and Similar Documents
Mobile Search
Faceted Search
Multilingual Search
Search-Based Applications
Semantic Search
Social Search
Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis
Summary
Further Reading
7. The Business of Search
Industry Structure
Dassault
HP
IBM
Lexmark
Oracle
Independent Search Vendors
Open Source Search Software
Google and Search Appliances
Microsoft SharePoint
Specialized Search Components
Cloud-Based Search
OEM Applications
Systems Integrators
e-Discovery
Summary
Further Reading
8. Specification and Selection
The Project Teams
Specification Project Team
Selection Project Team
Installation Project Team
Project Programme Office
The Global Dimension
Risk Management
Project Schedule
Writing the Specification
The Story So Far
Content Scope
User Expectations
Information Systems Architecture
IT Partnerships
Internal Development and Support Resources
Security and Identity Management
Federated Search Requirements
People Databases
Project Timetable
Functional Specification
Connectors and APIs
Federated Search User Interfaces
Index Freshness
Filters and Facets
Taxonomy and Metadata Management
Search and System Logs
Entity Extraction
Questions for the Vendors
Risk Assessment
Project Schedule
Project Management Methodology
Upgrade Release Schedule
Supporting a Global Implementation
User Groups
Key Employee Strategy
License and Support Costs
Reference Sites
Training
Building the Vendor Short List
Using a Consultant
Using a Implementation Partner
Open Source Software Procurement
The Best of Both Worlds?
Proof of Concept
Contract Negotiation
Summary
Further Reading
9. Installation and Implementation
Project Management
Customer Responsibilities
Implementation Schedule
Knowledge Transfer
The Show Stoppers
Get Indexing!
User Interface Design
Usability and Accessibility Testing
Disaster Recovery Tests
Help Desk
Metadata Management
Communications Plan
Summary
Further Reading
10. Managing Search
Search Support Team Roles
Search Manager
Search Technology Manager
Search Analytics Manager
Search Information Specialist
Search User Support Manager
Supporting Global Enterprise Search
Creating a Centre of Search Excellence
Search Team Skills
Introduction to Information Retrieval
Indexing
Retrieval and Ranking
User Interaction and Interface Design
Evaluation of IR Systems
Web Search
Enterprise Search
Help Desk Management
Security and Compliance
Search Liaison Specialists
Reporting Lines
Test Searches
Best Bets
Usability Tests
Search Logs
Top 50 Searches by Search Terms/Query
Top 50 Searches Leading to Only a Few or No Results Being Presented
Top 50 Searches Leading to No Document Being Selected
Top 50 Most Requested Documents
Top 50 Searches Where More Than Three Pages of Results Were Presented
Clicks on Best Bets
Clicks on Facets and Filters
Feedback Forms
Training and Support
Establishing Good Communications
Summary
Further Reading
11. A Future for Search
1. The Petabyte Challenge
2. Industry Consolidation and Expansion
3. The Impact of Microsoft SharePoint
4. Big Data and Text Analytics
5. Business Intelligence and Unified Information Access
6. Mobile Search
7. Cross-Session Search
8. Social Search
9. Federated Search
10. Developments in Information Retrieval
11. Enterprise Search Professionals
12. The Digital Workplace
13. Does ‘enterprise search’ Have a Future?
Further Reading
12. Critical Success Factors
A. Resources
Enterprise Search – A Reading List
Enterprise Search - Blogs
Further Reading
Chapter 1 Readings
Chapter 2 Readings
Chapter 3 Readings
Chapter 4 Readings
Chapter 6 Readings
Chapter 7 Readings
Chapter 8 Readings
Chapter 9 Readings
Chapter 10 Readings
Chapter 11 Readings
B. Vendor List
Glossary
About the Author
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