DELPHI TECHNIQUE
Delphi technique: translation
Collection of independent opinions without group discussion by the analysts providing the opinions; used for various sorts of evaluations (such as country risk assessment). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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Delphi technique Del‧phi tech‧nique [ˈdelfi tekˌniːk] noun [singular]
a method of asking specialist S (= people who know a lot about a particular subject ) to say if and when something might happen in the future.The average of their opinions is used to judge how likely something is to happen
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Delphi technique UK US noun [S] (also Delphi method) MANAGEMENT
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The Delphi technique is a structured approach for reaching a consensus judgment among experts about future developments in any area that might affect a business.
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One advantage of the Delphi technique is that participants are not influenced by the dynamics of a group discussion, in which people meet face to face.