A technique to ensure that groups pay careful attention to statements made during discussions. It involves having a group deliberate, discuss, and decide what to say next in response to another statement made by a previous group. When the group decides...

Developed in the early 1950s, this is a technique designed to obtain group opinions, especially expert opinion on future developments. The experts might be drawn from a number of different disciplines. There are usually three or four rounds of...

The Delphi method is a systematic interactive forecasting method for obtaining forecasts from a panel of independent experts. The carefully selected experts answer questionnaires in two or more rounds. After each round, a facilitator provides an...