A panel of human resource experts independently submits individual manpower forecasts without direct interaction. Their responses are synthesized by a facilitator and repeatedly redistributed through iterative questionnaire rounds until a group consensus is achieved. This forecasting methodology is known as the:

In Human Resource Planning (HRP), forecasting human resource demand and supply involves both quantitative metrics and qualitative expert evaluations. The Delphi technique is a qualitative forecasting method that gathers expert opinions anonymously through multiple iterative rounds of questionnaires. A central coordinator collects the initial predictions, summarizes the results, and feeds the aggregated feedback back to the experts for further refinement. This process continues until a statistical or logical consensus is reached, preventing dominant group dynamics or peer pressure from influencing the individual assessments.