Delphi method∗ Abstract The Delphi method was originally developed in the 50s by the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica‚ California. This approach consists of a survey conducted in two or more rounds and provides the participants in the second round with the results of the first so that they can alter the original assessments if they want to - or stick to their previous opinion. Nobody ‘looses face’ because the survey is done anonymously using a questionnaire (the first Delphis were panels)
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Training Basics of Agile Methodologies to New Hire Employees Mid-term project proposal Team members: Madhu Bachwani and Mahesh Sambu Instructional Design I Dr. Yun Jeong Park October 10‚ 2012 * Introduction Agile is a conceptual framework for undertaking projects in any field that is designed to promote agility. Agile is about continuous improvement. The various Agile methodologies share the same characteristics and practices. However‚ from an implementation standpoint‚ each has its
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meaning & implications The Research Process 1. Identify a question / issue 2. Consider the question / issue itself & possible ways to answer / solve it 3. Use a valid & reliable method to answer / solve it 4. Reflect on 1‚ 2 & 3. Then discuss how research has generated new knowledge or clarifies existing work Select the topic Review the literature Develop the theoretical & conceptual framework Research Orientation Paradigm • Positivist • Interpretive • Critical • Emancipatory
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What Age is Appropriate for Dating? Young people always have conflicts with their parents about quite a delicate problem of dating. Evidently‚ parents always treat their children as small kids who do not have experience and knowledge about the world around and when the question about dating is provoked‚ a conflict is inevitable. Parents do not believe or refuse to believe that their child has feelings and is responsible for his own life. The problem of dating is extremely stressing for the parents
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Design For Manufacturability Abstract This paper explores design for manufacturability using several scholarly journal articles and books from different sources and industries. It starts by examining the definition of design for manufacturability as it pertains to managers of supply chains. The paper then discusses a fundamental topic that provides a foundation for learning design for manufacturability: the principles of design. The next section of this paper outlines the benefits that design
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Selling techniques Selling technique is the body of methods used in the profession of sales‚ also often called personal selling. Techniques used in selling interviews vary from the highly customer centric consultative selling to the heavily pressured "hard close". All techniques borrow a bit from experience and mix in a bit of guesswork on the psychology of what motivates others to buy something offered to them. Mastery in the techniques of selling can offer very high incomes‚ while failure in
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One of the best orgasms a woman can have is from a partner performing cunnilingus on her. It is the easiest method to orgasm and many women prefer it over intercourse for some need a large amount of clitoral stimulation to achieve this goal. A substantial amount of women expect that there partner "go down" on them and performing great cunnilingus is almost always a sign of a great lover. Women find it thrilling knowing that her partner finds her vagina delicious‚ and enjoys the smell‚ taste and
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Project #1 Mech 4336 Principles of Engineering Design Group #10 Gilbert Paquian Rogelio Grisanti Jorge Serrano Ricardo Mejia Gus Martinez Introduction: The first project of the semester is the design and analysis of a pair of pliers‚ these pliers are to have the ability to tighten/untighten nuts or bolts‚ and cut through wires. Group 10 is to make a design for these pliers‚ make a 3D cad model on a design software package. The group is then to perform a series of analysis that include:
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Appliqué Work What is Appliqué? Applique comes from the French work appliqué‚ which means to “put on”. Appliqué means to ‘place on’ fabric pieces that are sewn onto a larger piece of foundation fabric in order to create designs. In this art‚ colored pieces of cloth after being shaped into different images of birds‚ animals‚ flowers and many other forms are stitched on other cloths that are used on wall hangings‚ lamps‚ umbrellas and other household items. It is distinct from what is known as
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Techniques for Isolation of Pure Cultures Objective : i. To perform the spread plate and the streak plate inoculation procedure for the separation of the cells of a mixed culture so that discrete colonies can be isolated. ii. To prepare a stock culture of an organism using isolates from the mixed cultures prepared on the agar streak-plate and/or the spread plate. Introduction : In order to be able to adequately study and characterize a certain microorganism‚ microbiologists need to separate
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