Use of a Delphi survey to surface emerging ICT trends in construction project teams: Methodology description and preliminary findings

This paper describes the design, implementation and preliminary findings of a project funded by the Chartered institute m of Building in Australasia investigating the application of Information and Communication Technology (lCT) in the context of construction projects, seeking to identify and assess avenues by which to extend its use. It describes the context provided by literature relating to ICT enabled project team performance and proposes an on-line, modified Delphi methodology based on the Blackboard delivery platform to facilitate the asynchronous participation of a national panel of experienced practitioners in the generation of data. It concludes by reporting the preliminary findings arising from the first round of the study.