Think Tank Methods

Delphi technique

This group decision making technique was developed in the early 1950's. The term originates from Greek mythology. This method is thought of as an expert brainstorm.

In this technique experts in the filed of relative information are chooses to participate in questionnaires, surveys, etc. These people do not meet face to face. All communication is written in the form of letters and e-mails. A facilitator oversees the responses of their panel of experts.

Then the response are collected and analyzed to determine conflicting viewpoints on each point. This process continues until a consensus is met.

This process cycle is as follows:

- Panel is chosen based on expertise

- Questions answered

- Panel asset and explain answers

- Facilitator filters for relevant information

- Replies are gathered and summarized

- Panel decides on a final answer based on results of explanations.

- This process repeats until consensus is obtained.

Normal Group Technique

This group decision making technique is similar to brainstorming only more structured. Members of this group begin to troubleshoot and solve the problem on their own. The members to this in silent and in writing. Members do not interact with each other to limit influential decisions.

The group coordinator displays all the results for everyone to see, as each members tell their solution.

Each Idea is then discussed and comments are encouraged.

After all ideas are discussed they are evaluated and a vote is cast on each idea in a rank format. The idea with the hugest overall rank is deemed the solution tot he problem.

This process cycle is:

- Members gather together think and write down solutions on their own.

- coordinator then displays all solutions.

- Members then discuss each solution.

- member then rank each solution

- Then highest rank is the solution.

Comparing these techniques the Delphi technique the group members never meet face to face where in the Normal group technique the members meet face to face. Delphi members answer questions Normal group members create their own solutions. Delphi the facilitator summarized and filters information in the normal group the group as a whole discussions each decision and votes by rank. Delphi the facilitator decided the final solutions based on elimination where in the Normal group the solution is determined by the highest rank. The Delphi Cycle repeats where the Normal group cycle does not repeat.

About this Blog

This blog will show the pieces of research completed by the class Futuring and Innovation (CS875 -1504C -02). In this blog I will post my Discussion board assignments and any additional research that I completed in this class. After this class I will develop this blog into my ongoing dissertation research board and reach out for discussion and thoughts on research. I will also post my findings of research and anything else that may be useful for me to create my dissertation.
Theme of the blog is travel Template.
The name of my blog is Futuristic Research I feel this name will encompass the information in this class as well as my research, any research that has not been tested before it futuristic research.
The main blog link is http://www.rossfoultz.com/
There were several challenges I faced one of the challenges I caused and the other is the blog software. I wanted to connect my custom domain because I will continue to use this blog throughout my research and the rest of my life I wanted to use my custom domain. This process was not as easy as I thought it was going to be I had several challenges trying to get the domain to redirect. Finally after about a week of work the domain works.
The second challenge is learning how to use this blog. I was hoping for some videos to learn how to use the software. I ran out of time so I had to figure it out on my own. I believe there should be a tutorial when you make your first blog.

Discussion Board 3

I found the video on you could grow new brain cells very interesting. I am a fitness trainer as a hobby and I like to share things that will help people be healthy and live a better life. This is defiantly information I can share with my clients.  I never knew the brain could generate new brain cells. This is great news, and as exercise increases the growth of brain sells. I always thought if you killed your brain cells they do not come back.
To find out we, as adults are able to grow new neurons is great news. I now have a new reason for motivation for working out going to the gym. Running is one task that will increase the growth of new neurons.
The innovation for this video does not have much to do with my vision for the future, but this discovery will have a large impact on medicine. I would think this might be something to help with the treatment of alheizemsers disease. Neutrons are responsible for memory. I see this having a big affect on medicine and humanity as a hole.
The only force that will impact this discovery is your own body. When medicine begins to develop to increase these unirons, ethnical is use may be involved. I am not sure how medical scientist will have to make this medicine or how they will be able to make the human body produce these neurons. If this has any impact on stem cell research then, ethics will be involved. Society is not accepting of stem cell research because of certain ethnical factors.
You as a human begin will have the most impact on this discovery. This should motivate most people to eat better, get more sleep, and limit stress in their lives. Sleeping will increase your neutron growth this means planning your every day life to insure you have enough sleep. This is not always an easy task these days with unforeseen situations and business scheduled. Limiting stress is another way to increase neuron growth. This is hard to do stress is usually unforeseen, eating well and enough rest will help limit stress.
  This is not in my research for this class, but I can see how this can have a big impact on my life in the future. I always look for new motivation for my clients to eat, well and exercise, Most people are only temporary motivated by this and do not make a lifestyle change.

Unit 1 Discussion Board

Hello All,
   My name is Ross Foultz.
        I hope to expand on my knowledge of device security and learn about new topics and devices in computer science.
        I have always found that understanding, fixing, and programming computers comes very easy to me. It all seems to just make since. I learned this at an early age. I began studying computers before there were resources to do so, this means I read a lot of DOS manuals and what is know today as OS manuals. This was the only way to learn when I began studding computers.
       I began my Doctoral studies in 2011. I could never narrow down my research in computer science because I love it all. I want to learn everything about computers. These days that is impossible. I took some time off from my Doctoral studies and tried to narrow down something a focus for research for a Dissertation. I believe I have narrowed it down to App Security. I hope this is a narrow enough topic to begin my dissertation research with. I chose this study because I think it incorporates computer/ device hardware, networking, and user protection. I believe with this study I will be able to use all of my experience, education, and apply research to write a dissertation that I may be able to expand on and continue to research and publish on in the future, after school.
       Apps are becoming the way we use computers, we must know how to protect our selves when using and creating these apps.

Ross Foultz BIO

  I was born in Myrtle Beach SC, I have lived all of my life I only moved away for school and came back. I have my I have an MIT degree and an MBA. At an early age I found understanding computers very easy. I began when I was in Middle school in the early 90's. I found anything I could find to read and try to learn everything I could about computers. I opened my first computer business in 1999; I build webpages, and software for businesses. I helped my brother expand the businesses and open a few more locations. I have taken myself out of day-to-day operation of the businesses and I now only work on webpages and create apps for businesses I do not work in the shop any longer. I now teach at my local colleges I teach Networking and security at our local tech school and I teach Computer Science and applications at our community college. I enjoy every minute of it.