Innovation

 Decision-Making Methods According to Meyrick (2003), the Delphi method is "systematically gathering input from relevant experts on a topic has been widely applied" (para. 3). Delphi method involves a series of rounds of questionnaires, questions, or questions that are paused to experts in a specific area of interest. Responses are gathered from anonymous experts to be analyzed and surmised by a group of researchers. Researchers then return to anonymous responders with additional questions to gather more information. This process aims to gather a mix of diverse options/judgments from the anonymous responders and group the ideas into distinct majority and minority groups.   Different types of Delphi methods are used, including less than or more four rounds of a question – fact-gathering from anonymous respondents, changing the question formats, and mixing the structure of the research group's expert groups. The Delphi technique is appropriate to use when the "problem...