Planning, Conducting, and Using Peer Reviews
Objective review and advice from peers-peer review-is one of the standard mechanisms for effective management of highly complex and/or technically challenging projects and programs and is widely used in industry, government, and academia. Experience has demonstrated that peer review is a powerful and effective tool for enhancing the relevance, effectiveness, and productivity of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) research, development, demonstration, and deployment programs (RD3) and business administration activities because it taps the experiences and insights of experts in the field
The March 2002 Strategic Program Review found that EERE would benefit from more systematic and rigorous application of peer review for all its programs and major management functions.
Definition
Objective review and advice from peers—peer review—provides you, as managers, staff, or researchers, a powerful and effective tool for enhancing the management, relevance, effectiveness, and productivity of all of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) research, development, demonstration, deployment (RD3) and supporting business management programs.
The primary purpose of the EERE Peer Reviewer Guide is to provide managers and staff guidance in establishing formal in-progress peer review that provides intellectually fair expert evaluation of EERE RD3 and supporting business administration programs, both retrospective and prospective.
The EERE Peer Review Guide (PDF 1.5 MB) Download Adobe Reader. defines in-progress peer review as:
A rigorous, formal and documented evaluation process using objective criteria and qualified and independent reviewers to make a judgment of the technical/ scientific/business merit, the actual or anticipated results, and the productivity and management effectiveness of programs and/or projects.