Utilization of Delphi Method for Risk Management of Public-Private Partnership Construction Project Research in Ghana

Delphi method is designed to ensure consensus by a group of communicators responding to research inquiries. Organizations, institutions, government agencies, research, and policy development agencies uses Delphi method as research methodology. This technique entails the use of a questionnaire survey in two or more iterations, giving panel members the opportunity in the second round to review the findings from the first round and make changes to the first-round assessment if they deem fit, or to maintain their previous response. The use of Delphi surveys is beneficial for the development of report guidelines, prediction, and policy marking. The Delphi approach is used in this study to comprehend and forecast issues concerning risk management of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in Ghana's construction industry. The application of this technique to this study is grounded on evidence that the approach has not been widely used in Public-Private Partnership risk management in construction, despite numerous experimental studies in this area. The study reveals that to employed Delphi technique for PPP and risk management in construction industry in Ghana experts are required to meet five minimum criterial and chosen sample size of 15. The methodology technique espoused for the study was a literature review from peer-reviewed journals articles. Finally, the authors maintain that the Delphi method is deliberated since it has the potential to address professionals’ disagreement related to issues under scrutiny.