Running a biometric pilot scheme

Abstract

The preceding chapters of this book have hopefully provided the reader with a good background into biometric technology, how it has evolved and where it might be going in the future. We have even looked briefly at application development and the integration of biometrics into other processes. For many organizations however, having discovered the technology and considered potential applications within their particular sphere of operation, the next logical step would be to conduct some sort of trial or pilot scheme in order to prove the concept prior to a more ambitious implementation. The problem for many will be that this is a relatively new technology and that consequently they may not have a high level of in-house expertise or experience on which to draw. Furthermore, they may or may not be too enthusiastic about sharing the detail of their future plans and aspirations in this context with third party organizations, at least not at this stage. So how on earth do we go about setting up, running and evaluating a biometric pilot system? Well, hopefully this book will be of value in this respect as this chapter will be devoted to precisely that subject.