i-Delphi - Introduction

<body bgcolor="#86aad0"> <table border="0" cellpadding=5 cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width=15%></td> <td width=10%></td> <td width="*"> <p align="center" valign="top"> <font face="Arial" size="6"><b><img border="0" src="images/logd42.gif" width="229" height="42"></b></font> </td> <td width=10%></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="1"> <p><b>Click for desired page</b></p> <p><a href="xtour01.htm">Overview</a></p> <p><a href="xtour02.htm">Early history and core elements of the Delphi method</a></p> <p><a href="xtour03.htm">Delphi's second stage of development</a></p> <p><a href="xtour04.htm">Delphi enhanced for the new millennium</a></p> <p><a href="xtour05.htm">Understanding the Delphi method</a></p> <p><a href="xtour06.htm">About the i-Delphi system</a></p> <p><a href="xtour07.htm">i-Delphi services</a></p> <p><a href="xtour08.htm">i-Delphi compared to other methods</a></p> <p><a href="xtour10.htm">For more information</a></p> <p><b>Home page</b></p> </font> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">     </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" align="left"> <p align="center" valign="top">  <p align="center" valign="top">  <p align="left" valign="top"><img border="0" src="images/lev06a.jpg" width="435" height="226"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <td width="*" valign="bottom" align="left"><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">“Give me a lever, a place to stand, and I will move the earth.” </font></i></td> <i><td width="*" valign="bottom"><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">--Archimedes</font> </i> </td> </i> <tr> <td align="left"><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">                            </font></i></td> <i> <td></td></tr> </i> </TBODY> </table> <p class="Normalno-space"><font face="Arial"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="5"> The right tool makes all the difference</font></span></font></p> <p class="Normalno-space"><font face="Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3">Not long ago, one adequately-briefed person could usually make decisions with reasonable confidence. </font></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3">Today, the world is much more complex. Many subjects are well understood only by specialists, and numerous competing factors clamor for dominance. Organizational effectiveness, competitive position, profitability, and sometimes even survival are under intensified and continuous pressure.</font></span></font></p> <p class="Normalno-space"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b><font size="3" face="Arial">i-Delphi</font></b><font size="3" face="Arial"> provides leverage to meet those challenges.  <b>i-Delphi</b> is the preeminent tool by which experts, executives, and stakeholders can collaborate to arrive at the best possible analyses, forecasts, policies, and operating decisions.</font></span></p> <p class="Normalno-space"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="3">Delphi was developed by RAND Corporation, initially for defense applications. Its superiority has been confirmed in thousands of projects for businesses, governments, and other organizations.</font></span></p> <p class="Normalno-space"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">i-Delphi</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="3"> delivers the method’s proven benefits with unprecedented effectiveness, speed, and efficiency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That is accomplished through a combination of innovative, state-of-the-art Web software and our long experience with earlier forms of the Delphi method.</font></span></p> <p class="Normalno-space"><font face="Arial">You will find on this website details of the </font><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>i-Delphi</b> system, how it works, and its history.</font></span><p class="Normalno-space"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">By returning to this page with a frames-capable browser (such as a recent version of Internet Explorer or Netscape), you will obtain full access to this website, including an opportunity to </span></font><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="3"> experience <b> i-Delphi</b> in action by participating in a demonstration project.</font></span> <p> <font face="Arial" size="3">If you face a decision, analysis, policy, or forecasting challenge where <b>i-Delphi</b> might provide leverage you could use, please <a href="mailto:info@i-Delphi.com"> click here to send us an e-mail</a>, or telephone (301) 602-5650.  </font> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr><td> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c0c0c0" valign="center" align="middle"><font color="#ff0000" size="3" face="Arial"> <A href="xtour01.htm">Next page</A> </font></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> </td></tr> </table> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">  <br>Please note that this version of these pages was prepared for browsers which, like the one you're using now, lack frame-handling capability. 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