The Delphi method offers a great deal in terms of exploring and developing practical issues within a wide variety of contexts. The formal structure of the method is also highly appealing to many researchers, not least neophyte researchers who see is as a way of removing much uncertainty in terms of design and justification. These are all very positive reasons for using the Delphi method, and could go a long way to explain the increasing use of this method within LIS over the past few years. Since introducing it into my own teaching curriculum it has become almost as popular with my students as the traditional survey approach.