Abstract
This paper provides a practical, systematic approach to the design and delivery of a Delphi survey. We prescribe a sequence of six steps to do with (i) setting up the Delphi process – including selecting respondents and generating a requisite number of focal issues, (ii) software/delivery choice, (iii) developing question items and response scales, (iv) providing feedback between a requisite number of Delphi rounds, (v) preventing and dealing with panellist drop out, and (vi) analysing and presenting the Delphi yield. At each step, the Delphi administrator has a range of choice options and we provide discussion of the pros and cons of each option - in order that the overall design and delivery of a particular Delphi survey is both well-founded and defensible.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 72-82 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Technological Forecasting and Social Change |
Volume | 147 |
Early online date | 19 Jul 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Oct 2019 |
Keywords
- Delphi
- review
- methodology
- judgement
- expert
- consensus