Peer Review in Environmental Technology Development Programs

Abstract

""Peer Review Criteria"" Peer Review in Environmental Technology Development Programs -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW -- BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW -- Improving Technical Quality -- Improving the Credibility of the Decision-Making Process -- PEER REVIEW PROCESS -- USES OF PEER REVIEW -- ASSESSMENT OF OST'S PEER REVIEW PROGRAM -- Linkage of Peer Reviews to Management Decisions -- Selection of Projects for Review -- Review Criteria -- Selection of Reviewers -- Documentation for Peer Reviews -- Openness of Peer Reviews REDUCING THE BACKLOGEVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT MECHANISMS -- POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF PEER REVIEW WITHIN OST -- OST'S ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP -- 1 Introduction -- OST'S PEER REVIEW PROGRAM -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- PARALLEL EFFORTS -- STUDY PROCESS -- REPORTS -- 2 Elements of a Credible Peer Review Program -- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW -- BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW -- Improving Technical Quality -- Improving the Credibility of the Decision-Making Process -- PEER REVIEW PROCESS -- Selection of Projects to be Reviewed Definition of Review Objectives and Selection of Review CriteriaSelection of Reviewers -- Qualifications -- Conflict of Interest -- Planning and Conducting the Review -- Confidentiality of Technical Information -- Anonymous Versus Open Peer Reviews -- Use of Peer Review Results in Decision Making -- 3 Uses of Peer Review -- PROPOSAL EVALUATIONS -- PROJECT MATURITY EVALUATIONS -- Entrance into the Applied Research Stage -- Entrance into Engineering Development -- Entrance into the Demonstration Stage -- Predeployment Reviews PROGRAM BALANCE EVALUATIONSNEEDS DETERMINATIONS -- 4 OST's Peer Review Program -- TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT DECISION MODEL -- ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES -- Peer Review Coordinator -- Headquarters Peer Review Program Manager -- FA/CC Program Managers -- Principal Investigators -- American Society of Mechanical Engineers -- ASME Peer Review Committee and its Executive Panel -- Peer Review Panels -- Institute for Regulatory Science -- SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO BE REVIEWED -- DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REVIEW -- TYPES OF REVIEWS -- SELECTION OF REVIEWERS Selection CriteriaPanel Formation -- Conflict of Interest -- REVIEW CRITERIA -- REVIEW SESSION -- REVIEW REPORTS -- FEEDBACK OF PEER REVIEW RESULTS INTO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS -- 5 Analysis of OST's Peer Review Program -- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW -- BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW -- PEER REVIEW PROCESS -- Selection of Projects for Peer Review -- Prioritizing Projects for Review -- Timing of Reviews -- Grouping Projects in a Single Review -- Definition of Peer Review Objectives and Selection of Review Criteria -- Peer Review Objectives