Decision Making in the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management Office of Science and Technology.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1999.
Temas:
United States. > Department of Energy. > Office of Science and Technology > Management.
United States. > Department of Energy. > Office of Science and Technology
Hazardous waste site remediation > United States > Decision making.
Hazardous waste site remediation > Research > United States > Decision making.
Radioactive wastes > United States > Management > Decision making.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > Restauration > États-Unis > Prise de décision.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > Restauration > Recherche > États-Unis > Prise de décision.
Hazardous waste site remediation > Decision making
Management
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Decision Making in the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management Office of Science and Technology
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REVIEWERS
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THIS REPORT
  • APPROPRIATENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OST DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES
  • Process Element 1: Identification of High-Priority DOE-EM Site Technology Needs
  • Process Element 2: Program Planning
  • Process Element 3: Assessments of Technology Development Proposals and Projects
  • Process Element 4: Headquarters OversightAPPROPRIATE TECHNICAL FACTORS AND THE ADEQUACY WITH WHICH THEY CAN BE MEASURED
  • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT
  • Application of Practices in Private-Sector RD & D Decision Making
  • ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE REVIEWS
  • PROGRAM CHALLENGES AND MEASURES OF SUCCESS
  • Deployment of OST Technologies
  • CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE
  • 1 Introduction
  • PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT
  • DOE-EM AND OST
  • OST PROGRAM UNITS FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION
  • Expansion of OST's Role in Deployment
  • Tracking the Benefits of OST Technology Development ActivitiesIMPORTANCE OF BUY-IN BY TECHNOLOGY USERS
  • REPORT SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION
  • DECISION MAKING AS A DISCIPLINE
  • Development and Growth of Decision Disciplines
  • Risk Aspects of RD & D Decisions
  • 2 Historical Evolution of OST Decision Making
  • BACKGROUND OF DOE-EM AND OST
  • Early Years
  • Integrated Demonstrations and Integrated Programs
  • New Headquarters Priorities and New OST Program Units, 1993â€?1994
  • Implementation of the New Approach
  • Sharpening the OST Focus on User Needs
  • 1996â€?1997 Changes in Top-Level DOE-EM GoalsTHE DEPLOYMENT BARRIER
  • Accelerated Site Technology Deployment
  • Top-Level Efforts to Promote Deployment
  • CHAPTER SUMMARY
  • 3 RD & D Decision-Making Practices in Other Organizations
  • BENEFITS OF A HIGH-QUALITY DECISION PROCESS
  • LESSONS FROM INDUSTRIAL RD & D ORGANIZATIONS
  • INSIGHTS FROM THE BENCHMARKING STUDY
  • INSIGHTS FROM INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
  • Practices for Environmental Technology Development Decision Making and Management
  • INSIGHTS FROM VISITS TO DUPONT, EPRI, AND GRI
  • Institutional StructureEffective Top-Level Strategic Goals to Define the Suite of Technology Projects
  • Measure and Evaluate to Guide Resource Allocation via Return-on-Investment Evaluations
  • Customer Buy-In
  • PROCEDURES AND METHODOLOGIES TO SUPPORT GOOD DECISION MAKING
  • Utility and Limitations of Quantitative Evaluations
  • CHAPTER SUMMARY
  • 4 Decision Making in Research, Development, and Demonstration for the DOE-EM Program
  • MAJOR DECISIONS AT A FUNCTIONAL LEVEL
  • RD & D PROGRAM ENVIRONMENT

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