REAL TIME DELPHI
Frequently Asked Questions
Question: Has the Real Time Delphi method been used frequently before?
Answer: This is a new method, but it already has been employed in many global studies, including studies of the future of energy, priorities to be assigned projects competing for resources, product configurations likely to garner the largest customer approval, and the future of education.
Question: Who developed this method?
Answer: The first work was done by Ted Gordon and Adam Pease for the Department of Defense under a contract designed to develop a method for quickly collecting and synthesizing opinions in a combat environment
Question: Who has been the biggest user of the method?
Answer" The Millennium Project of the World Federation of United Nations Associations.
Question: How many people have participated in a single study?
Answer: From 10 in one study to 250 in another.
Question: Who can use the system?
Answer: Any organization can sponsor a study which is accomplished in this site. Question: Who chooses the participants?
Answer: In the case of global studies, the nominations are made in each major geographic area by a local designee of the sponsor. In general the choice is jointly determined by the study team and the sponsor.
Question: Isn't it true that the results depend heavily on who participates?
Answer: Absolutely. That is why much though is always given to the choice of true experts in the domain of the study.
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