Preferably, to spend 30 minutes each month for five months on the survey - It is estimated that each round of the survey will take an average of about 30 minutes to fill in and there will be four rounds in the whole Delphi survey. A survey on the design and execution of the Delphi survey will be conducted afterwards. Each Delphi round will take about one month. Therefore, the estimate is 30 minutes per month for five months. The tentative schedule is available. If you cannot commit to the schedule, we also welcome those who make the effort to complete a few rounds.
Expertise - Participants are expected to answer questions only if they
hold an opinion. Unlike a convention survey, a Delphi survey aimed at
collecting expert judgement and so participants can leave anything blank
and select the "No Comment" option if they do not have any opinion.
Participation in the survey is entirely voluntary and participants will be able to withdraw from the process at any time. All data collected will be kept completely confidential and no results will be reported in any manner that would associate any participants with their answers. In fact is only the participants' UserID, nickname, password and answers will reside on the server. The database that relates UserID with the participants' personal details including email will be stored offline in a locked cabinet at RMIT University to satisfy the Ethics requirement. Therefore, even if the server is cracked by an intruder, he or she will not able to obtain your personal details.
Participants are recommended to use a Netscape browser version 4.0 or above or an Internet Explorer version 4.0 or above to participate in the survey. Please have the cookies function on the browser turned on.