i-Delphi - Understanding the Delphi Method

<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="middle"> <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><b>Understanding the Delphi method</b></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><a href="index.asp">Return to home page</a></p> </font> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">     </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" align="left"> <p align="center" valign="top"> <br> <br> <font face="Arial" size="4"><b>Understanding the Delphi Method</font></b></font><p align="left"><font face="Arial">Today's world presents many issues that are too complex and require too many kinds of specialized expertise for one person to address them comprehensively and with confidence.</font><p align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="3">Delphi is a systematic, flexible way for a well selected group to collaborate in dealing with designated issues. Key elements of the method are:</font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="5%" valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial"> </font></td> <td width="*"></td> <td width="5%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial">1.</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">A deliberately constituted panel;</font></td> <td></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial"> </font></td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial">2.</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">Full and flexible interaction between panelists;</font></td> <i> <td></td> </tr> </i> <tr><td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial"> </font></td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial">3.</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">Comprehensive feedback of panelists' input;</font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial"> </font></td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial">4.</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">Guaranteed anonymity of contributions;</font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial"> </font></td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial">5.</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">Successive iterations through the issues <font face="Arial" size="3"> until consensus is reached or further rounds are seen as unlikely to yield significant change</font>;</font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial"> </font></td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial">6.</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">Project guidance by an experienced consultant/moderator.</font></td><td></td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="left"><font face="Arial"> </font></td><td></td><td></td></tr> </tbody> </table> <font face="Arial">A typical Delphi panel consists of experts in disciplines relevant to the questions at issue, executives, and representatives of affected constituencies.  Insofar as possible, a panel should cover the waterfront.</font> <p> <font face="Arial" size="3">As necessary, panelists receive background information on the subjects to be addressed in the project.</font></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="3">Projects begin with an opening questionnaire designed to elicit participants' views, reasons, comments, and suggestions for approaching the defined objectives. At intervals, panelists receive summaries and tabulations of the group's input. Projects evolve in response to panelists' interactions.</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="xtour06.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. Full access to this website and participation in <b>i-Delphi</b> projects require a frames-capable browser, such as a recent version of Internet Explorer or Netscape.</font> <p align="left">  <p align="left">  </div> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">  </td> </tr> </table> </body>