After a peer review, participants receive a personalized gap analysis for informational purposes, along with a detailed guide to enhancing damage prevention processes using CGA and industry resources.
Peer Review
The goal of DPI’s peer review model is for committed damage prevention participants to share key successes and challenges in reducing dig-ins to buried infrastructure among organizations with similar profiles, and to collaborate on industry benchmarking and systemic improvements. Peer reviews are covered by non-disclosure agreements, and are intending to be a safe space to discuss damage prevention successes and opportunities.
Currently, the process is under development – but it will complement existing peer review models familiar to many CGA members and seek to limit duplicative efforts wherever possible. DPI envisions a peer review process which can be conducted remotely; utilizes a defined, step-by-step process; encourages frank discussions; and limits exposure of proprietary or competitive information.
CGA member input will shape DPI’s peer review model.
Collaboration Through Peer Review
The goal of DPI’s peer review model is for committed damage prevention participants to share key successes and challenges in reducing dig-ins to buried infrastructure among organizations with similar profiles, and to collaborate on industry benchmarking and systemic improvements. Peer reviews are covered by non-disclosure agreements, and are a safe space to discuss damage prevention successes and opportunities. Peer review results are confidential and will not be shared with any external organizations outside of the involved parties.
Peer reviews are approximately half-day, remote meetings that utilize a defined step-by-step process, encourage frank discussions, and do not include discussion of proprietary or competitive information. The DPI peer review model is regularly refined and enhanced based on feedback from participants.
What are the requirements for peer review?
All DPI participants must agree to engage in a periodic peer review. The process is facilitated by CGA staff and involves a review of procedures, reports, records, and other damage prevention tools. Organization-to-organization feedback will be provided. Anonymized lessons learned from peer reviews will inform case studies and other educational materials for use by the broader CGA membership.
How will the peer review process work?
The peer review process is under development. The DPI will take lessons learned from other associations’ peer review processes and seek to complement — and not duplicate — those efforts. The DPI envisions a peer review process that:
- Can be conducted remotely
- Uses a well-defined, step-by-step process
- Encourages sharing of successes and opportunities related to the processes employed by each organization
- Limits exposure of proprietary or competitive information.