Common Information Gathering Techniques

The common types of Information Gathering Techniques include:

• Brainstorming
  Used to identify overall project risks or may focus in on the risks within a particular project segment or work package.
  
  
• Delphi technique
  Generate a consensus among project risk experts who anonymously submit their risk list to a facilitator.
  
  
• Interviewing
  Used to get information from people with a wide experience across many projects, such as stakeholders, team members, project manager, etc.
  
  
• Stregths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis
  Examines the project from the perspective of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.