hi everyone it's janice here and in this video we will explore what is delphi method it's often hard to know what will happen in the future but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to predict it if this is your first time on this channel then make sure you subscribe and hit the bell icon to get updates on my latest videos about time management and productivity delphi method is a forecasting process framework boasting the results of a multiple rounds of a questionnaires sent to the panel of experts the delphi technique is a method used to estimate the likelihood and outcome of future events so let's take a look at what are the steps that need to be taken in order to get the best future predictions step 1 choose a facilitator you may wish to take on this role yourself or find a neutral person within your business step 2 identify your expert the delphi technique relies on panel of experts an expert is an individual with the relevant knowledge and experience on a particular topic these might be people in your development team your customers or your friends with a sufficient knowledge and understanding step 3 define the problem here you have to clearly define the problem that you are trying to solve as it plays an important role in the process step 4 send questions once you have a group of experts and clearly defined problem you will send multiple rounds of questions to the experts each round of questions will go deeper into the problem or potential solution as your follow-up questions will be based on previous answers depending on how complex is the problem that experts are trying to solve it might take three or even more rounds of questions step five act on your findings finally you have to analyze the findings and put plans in place to deal with future risks and opportunities to your projects predicting the future is not an exact science but the alpha technique can help you to understand the likelihood of possible future events and what impact they may have on your projects i hope that you enjoyed this video and i was able to give you a quick summary of what delphi method is and how to use it if you enjoyed this video i would really appreciate if you could press the like button as this will help the video reach more people and spread the message