Delphi Technique. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on asubject. Experts on the subject participate in this technique anonymously. A facilitator uses a questionnaire tosolicit ideas about the important project points related to the subject. The responses are summarized and arethen recirculated to the experts for further comment. Consensus may be reached in a few rounds of this process.The Delphi technique helps reduce bias in the data and keeps any one person from having undue influence onthe outcome.
This definition was found in the PMBOK V5
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