LINKS
Value Societies
SAVE International
SAVE International is an international society devoted to the advancement and promotion of the value methodology. CSVA Members can attend SAVE International events at SAVE International member rates. SAVE supports the development of VE throughout the world. SAVE International has a number of publications available for download from it's knowledge bank.
Value for Europe
The Value for Europe (V4E) Board is responsible for the development and application of the European VM Training and Certification System.
Insitute of Value Management, U.K.
The Institute of Value Management is a UK based society involved in promoting the worldwide use of Value Management.The IVM promotes value management across all sectors of the economy. The IVM, through its independent Certification Board, is responsible for implementing the European Certification and Training System within the UK. CSVA members have access to IVM member publications.
French Association for Value Analysis
AFAV ( l'Association Française pour l'Analyse de la Valeur) is a European society based in France that promotes the methodology and tools related to value analysis : Value Management, technical manuals, functional analysis, design by value analysis, design by cost objective, design of selected objectives. Guy Brun, a member of AFAV, developed one of the leading VA techniques, Functional Performance Specification (Cahier des Charges Fonctionnel) in France.
Institute of Value Management Australia (IVMA)
The Australian Institute of Value Management is dedicated to improving Australia's national and international performance through the application of Value Management to systems, organisations, processes, products and services. The IVMA was instrumental in supporting the publishing of the Value Management standard, AS4183-2007.
Society of Japanese Value Engineering
Society of Japanese Value Engineering (SJVE) is a non-profit membership organization that provides and exchanges professional information about Value Engineering (VE), Japan and overseas , for the purpose of promoting VE activities to bring about better results among industrial and other business circles.
Hong Kong Institute of Value Management
Hong Kong Institute of Value Management
Association of German Engineering Value Management
The VDI Technical Division Value Management/Value Analysis deals with the following topics at present: Qualification to be a VDI Value Analyst, Professional in Value Management (PVM) and Trainer in Value Management (TVM), certification acc. to EN 12 973 Communication VDI Innovation Prize for Value Analysis/Value Management International activities in the European Governing Board (EGB)
VDI Zentrum Wertanalyse
The Technical Division Value Management / Value Analysis at the VDI has been the leading organization for the application, support and further development Value Analysis / Value Management in the German-speaking world since 1967. It also plays a leading role in the international community. Links: Technical Division Value Management/Value Analysis. This short explanatory video gives a first overview of the topic using the example of a construction project. The methodology Value Analysis is an organized and creative approach that applies a function- and cost-oriented design process with the aim of increasing the value of the value analysis object. The video is in English - Value Analysis in a Nutshell
DACE - Dutch Association of Cost Engineers
Dutch Association of Cost Engineers.
Indian Value Engineering Society
The Indian Value Engineering Society established in October 1977, serves Indian Industry by dissemination of Value Engineering knowledge.
Society of Hungarian Value Analysts
The Society of the Hungarian Value Analysts website.
Value Managment Institute of Taiwan
The Value Management Institute of Taiwan offers information to improve the Taiwanese economy, encourage economic growth and improve public projects through Value Management. The Value Management Institute of Taiwan was created in 2001 and is supported by the Ministry of the Interior. Taiwan initially focused Value Management activities to improve product design and to optimize manufacturing. Taiwan is now applying Value Management on public infrastructure projects, notably Transit.
Society of Value Managers (Australia)
The Society of Value Managers (Australia) promotes best practise in Value Management. The society is in charge of the Austrian NVA (national value association) under the European Value for Europe Board following the standard EN12973.
Institute of Value Management Malaysia
IVMM was established in May 2000 under the Organisation Act 1966, with objectives amongst others: To establish national identity for the institute and recognition by the community, business, industry and government of the benefits of (VM) To foster professionalism in the VM projects locally and regional basis by establishing a point of reference to its members. To advance the quality and range of VM and stimulate its application to the benefit of industry and public To cooperate with other institutions, Societies and Associations with similar interest To provided a recognized forum for a free exchange of idea and experience on VM and Advance the body of knowledge for evaluating projects successfully To promote or assist in the propagations of VM in the fields of business, industry and public administration and among educational research and professional bodies. To create a widespread awareness in the community of the benefits to be derived from the application of VM To develop ad maintain standards of qualification for appropriate grades of membership and criteria for registration of Practitioners so that the community may have confidence in the designations by the IVMM Collaborate with universities and other educational Institutions to encourage appropriate education and career development at all levels in VMEncourage academic and industrial research in the field of VM
Government
City of Calgary Value Management Standard and Guidelines
City of Calgary Value Management Standard representing the minimum requirement that must be met to perform and conduct a Value Management review for all applicable capital projects that meet the criteria outlined in the Application of Standard section.
OMB Circular A-131 - Value Engineering
The American Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued an updated the requirement for federal agencies to utilize Value Engineering on Dec 26,2013. OMB Circular A-131 requires agencies to apply value engineering to programs costing more than $5 million and with naming an official to be accountable for embracing the concept.
Federal Transit VE
American Federal Transit Authority lessons learned on the use of Value Engineering in Transit. Demonstrates that reductions in the project cost of Fort Worth to Dallas Commuter Rail were achieved. The Federal Transit Authority advocates the use of VE on major transportation projects. "Value Engineering (VE)" is advocated by FTA throughout the design process particularly in the early phase where there is the greatest opportunity to affect the cost of construction with minimal impact to project goals. VE assesses products and systems and provides recommendations for a more economical solution. The process also considers long-term operations and maintenance practices and costs.
Academic
Lawrence D. Miles Value Foundation
A non-profit public foundation dedicated to the advancement of the state-of-the-art of value methodology through planning, research and education. Create and promote teaching of Value methodology courses at University level. Promote public Awareness (publications, multimedia, and technology transfer programs). Encourage research and development through Scholarship/Grants Programs
McGill University
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University has operated a Value Engineering workshop since 1973. The combination of Value Engineering and industry-university cooperation is unique. Company representatives sit together with senior Mechanical Engineering students to solve their common problem: a real-life project selected by the company. At the end of the workshop session, each company has one or more specific solutions available, which will improve the value of the subject of the study, be it a process, product, or service.
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is one of the most powerful approaches for delivering value to your customers. Through a system of tools and techniques, you can set product strategies, identify critical customer needs, and deploy those into design initiatives that will satisfy customers and beat competitors.
Miles Value Collection at the Wendt Library, University of Wisconsin
The collection includes: personal papers books artifacts the journal Value World proceedings of the annual conference of the Society of American Value Engineers
Value Analysis - Problem Solving Technique
Dr. Eugene O'Loughlin of the National College of Ireland explains the Value Analysis process in this youtube video.
Other
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Since its founding in 1969, Project Management Institute (PMI©) has grown to be the organization of choice for project management professionalism. With almost 45,000 members world-wide, PMI® is the leading non-profit professional association in the area of Project Management. PMI establishes Project Management standards, provides seminars, educational programs and professional certification that more and more organizations desire for their project leaders.
The Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies
TRIZ (pronounced TREEZ) is the Russian acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. It is a proven algorithmic approach to solving technical problems. The Triz Journal = http://www.triz-journal.com/
Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
The Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) is an organization that certifies cost management professionals with the designation Professional Quantity Surveyors (PQS). Professional Quantity Surveyors provide clients with a recognized method of estimating and controlling the expected range of costs for infrastructure projects (particularly building projects). Professional Quantity Surveyors are frequently team members on Value Analysis/Value Engineering studies and in some provinces coordinate Value Engineering studies. PQS professionals are often involved in preparing risk based cost and schedule estimates. These estimates are frequently used in Value Engineering studies and the subject matters experts involved in risk based cost and schedule estimates are often team members (cost and risk) on Value Engineering studies involving buildings.