From soft to hard elicitation

At the outset of an analysis, there is a need to interact with problem-owners understand their perspectives on issues. This understanding leads construction one or more models reflect views, values and uncertainties. Some are qualitative; others, quantitative. Quantitative populating numbers, either from data further judgements elicited problem-owners, stakeholders experts. The model(s) may then be analysed provide feedback possible resolution problem. In practice, process iterate, cycling through sophisticated models, which require inputs problem-owners. paper discusses elicitation processes involved, arguing that current literature has developed if not in silos, pockets activity do joined up often take place practice. Furthermore, it suggested potential psychological behavioural biases occur quantitative reasonably well understood guarded against, whereas less attention been paid similar affect qualitative model building.