RAG Evaluation: What We Measure Before Production for Mid-Market Teams

Answer first: RAG Evaluation: What We Measure Before Production for Mid-Market Teams — a practical field guide from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not decks.

Context & who this is for

Instrument the happy path and the exception path — silent failures are what turn launches into fire drills.

Architecture decisions that age well

Skip the buzzwords. For RAG Evaluation: What We Measure Before Production for Mid-Market Teams, the constraint that matters is usually data ownership, not feature count.

Implementation checklist

Prefer boring technology where the risk is operational, and reserve novelty for the actual product wedge.

Failure modes we see in the wild

Teams that document trade-offs before coding waste fewer sprints when requirements shift mid-build.

Measurement & rollout

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive contact with production.

Updated regularly as delivery patterns change.