[Sigia-l] Assessment Portal

[Laura Norvig]

OK, this is a nebulous, difficult to describe request, but I know I 
can count on y'all to give it the ole' college try. Many thanks in 
advance.

We have a new contract to work with a quasi-government agency to 
create a demo of a portal website. This portal will lead to a large 
variety of resources on a fairly broad topic.

Their conception of the site is that users will come there and 
"assess" an aspect of their program (let's say volunteer management) 
using a variety of "indicators" and then, based on their individual 
situation, the site will return targeted lists of resources on 
specific subtopics within the theme of volunteer management.

I don't yet know if this would be a series of questions they would 
have to answer, or if they could do it one at a time (e.g., "I give 
my volunteers adequate training" - if they answer "no" they get a 
list of resources - no-brainer).

There will be at least one other way to find content, but it may just 
be a search engine. I, of course, would argue for a faceted search 
and/or hierarchical navigation scheme as well, but what do I know?

My question is, can anyone think of a site that approaches the 
delivery of content in this way? Any example that comes close to this 
model would be greatly appreciated.

May the bluebird of happiness sing in your general direction,

Laura