In modern times, the structured method of communication and forecasting known as the Delphi technique takes its name from the oracle of Delphi,Sheridan, T., "Computers/Future of Delphi: Technology for Group Dialogue" in Linstone, H. A. and Turoff, M. (2002), The Delphi Method: Techniques and Applications, p. 529, archived on 20 September 2008, accessed on 13 July 2024 although some founders and early developers of the technique considered that the adoption of the name "Delphi" was unfortunate and undesirable.
In modern times, the structured method of communication and forecasting known as the Delphi technique takes its name from the oracle of Delphi,Sheridan, T., "Computers/Future of Delphi: Technology for Group Dialogue" in Linstone, H. A. and Turoff, M. (2002), The Delphi Method: Techniques and Applications, p. 529, archived on 20 September 2008, accessed on 13 July 2024 although some founders and early developers of the technique considered that the adoption of the name "Delphi" was unfortunate and undesirable.