Despite all efforts in the last decennium, IT governance continues to be a "top 10" issue for CIO’s. The goal of our research program is to determine which disciplines and frameworks are used for IT governance and which streams in IT governance literature do best align with current practices. This study describes the results of a literature review and Delphi study of IT governance effectiveness...

BACKGROUND Dietary assessment is complex, and strategies to select the most appropriate dietary assessment tool (DAT) in epidemiological research are needed. The DIETary Assessment Tool NETwork (DIET@NET) aimed to establish expert consensus on Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) for dietary assessment using self-report. METHODS The BPGs were developed using the Delphi technique. Two Delphi rounds...

Article history: Received 16 January 2012 Received in revised form 5 March 2012 Accepted 6 March 2012 Recent focus on the diversity of research methodologies available to accounting information systems (AIS) scholars has led researchers to suggest the Delphi method has reached the limits of its usefulness. Using a review of the accounting and information systems literature, we suggest such a fi...

Too many wound care research studies are poorly designed, badly executed, and missing crucial data. The objective of this study is to create a series of principles for all stakeholders involved in clinical or comparative effectiveness research in wound healing. The Delphi approach was used to reach consensus, using a web-based survey for survey participants and face-to-face conferences for expe...

The very first time that anyone is taught how to program, it is generally a difficult concept to come to grips with. With the advent of more advanced programming environments, such as Windows and eventdriven programming, the amount of overhead required to do even the more simple of tasks has become large. When teaching the first year programming course at UPE, it was decided to teach them using...

Looking for alternative ways of coordinating agents, this paper explores the adaptation of the Delphi protocol to agent systems. The Delphi protocol can be applied when a community of experts is required to deliver a consensual answer. In these cases, consensus stands for reaching an agreement among the experts about what the answer should be. This consensus reaching problem has been already co...