View the SAVE Annual 1995 Proceedings below: File No. Title Author Key Words Abstract Source 9501 The "Theory of Neuronal Group Selection" (TNGS) Establishes A Basis For The Value Methodology William F. Lenzer Value Analysis Value Methodology Neuronal Group Selection TNGS Human Brain FAST Dr. Gerald M. Edelstein's Theory of Neuronal Group Selection explains how the human brain has evolved a "value system" which is related to the Miles Value Method 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9502 Stop Counting Beans and Start Reducing Surprises: Predesign VE For Construction Howard Ellegant Value Analysis Construction Pre-Design Customer FAST Describes the integration of Function Aanalysis & FAST in a graphic card display to speed the design process 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9503 Responding to New Market Opportunities: Program Value Management (PVM) Stephen J. Kirk and Robert A. Formisano Value Analysis Construction Program Management PVM Discusses industry trends in Program Management and describes expanded opportunities for Value managers 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9504 Two Phase VE Workshop to Analyze Functional Relationships in Educational Desiggn Gary Morgan Value Analysis Construction Educational Buildings 2-Phase VE Describes a two-Phase Workshop with 9-step first phase early in the design, followed by a 40-hour workshop towards the end of the design detail effort when sufficient detail is present 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9505 Challenging The Project Management Paradigm - Integrating Strategic Value with Project Development and Execution Martyn R. Phillips Value Analysis Construction Stakeholder Strategic Value Risk Describes an optimized VM approach to design involving early and continuing stakeholder consultation, identification of strategic value and risk factors 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9506 The First Use of Incentive Payment for VE During Design in a Construction Project Larry W. Rowe and Harold G. Tufty Value Analysis Construction Incentive Contract VECP Water Pipeline Describes the first use of a VE incentive clause (VECP Program) in the design phase of the Morongo Basin pipeline in the Mojave Desert 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9507 The Use of Design Charettes to Enhance the Practice of Value Engineering John B. Sankey Value Analysis Construction Design Charettes Explains how Design Charettes ( a common Architectural design tool) can be used to advantage in the practice of VE 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9508 Estimating for Value Engineering Gino V. Colacchia Value Analysis Construction Cost Estimating Describes estimating concepts, techniques, cost modeling, estimating methodologies and life cycle costs using the VE Job Plan 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9509 The Integration of Value management and Risk Management David Q. Kirk Value Analysis Risk Management Describes the integration of a Value Management program with a Risk Management program 1995 SAVE proceedings 9510 Enhancing the Value Engineering Process by Incorporating Uncertainty Analysis David A. Starling Value Analysis Uncertainty Analysis Describes how Uncertainty Analysis, using computer simulation, can improve the usefulness of the VE process 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9511 Forward to the Basics: Don't Second Guess the Designer (Second of a Series) Theodore C. Fowler Value Analysis Team Membership Key-Person Argues that, in contrast with some current approaches, the Project Engineer, or "key-person" must be a member of the Value Team 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9512 London Underground Limited in Perspective   Ian Fry Value Analysis London Underground Describes the Value Engineering of the London Underground 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9513 Winning Ways C. Calvin Jefferson, Jr. Value Analysis Novices Describes lessons learned in performing a first Value Study. Likens VE to Partnering 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9514 What Makes a Successful Team? Anita L. Reichling Value Analysis Team Development Describes the importance of team concepts to the VE process and the steps integral to team development 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9515 Exciting Creativity and Innovation in Design of products - Process - Systems - Service Roger Syverson Value Analysis Creativity Addresses different idea and concept generating techniques using both left and right brain approaches 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9516 Use of Value Engineering Data William A. Bogue, Jr. and Allen G. Bryant, Jr. Value Analysis Government Engineering Data VEDIS Describes the Naval Facilities Engineering Command's VE Database Information System (VEDIS) 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9517 Performance Specs, Acquisition Streamlining, and Value Engineering Kenneth E. Dulaney Value Analysis Government VECP Performance Based Specifications Discusses a new way of doing business at the US DoD including use of the VECP and Performance Based Specifications 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9518 Communicating VE Powerfully: Best Practices Ray Gorin Cook Value Analysis Communication Skills Marketing VE Presents skills and strategies to maximize the communication of the VE process, emphasizing the marketing of VE services to potential clients 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9519 The Development and Operations of a Value Management Program at the Port Authority of NY and NJ Robert Harvey Value Analysis Principles Construction Describes the four guiding principles used by the Port Authority of NY & NJ to bring VE concepts directly into the board room 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9520 Reinvention Equals Value Engineering Robert E. Lloyd Value Analysis Government Reinvention Describes the spread of Reinvention at the Federal level as promoted by the National Performance Review. Finds striking similarities with VE 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9521 Upside Down VE K. M. Janecke Value Analysis Construction Computer Describes a new VE technique called Quality Modeling. This TQM-based approach can be applied during planning & design stages of a project to assist in defining, measuring, and managing owner expectations. 1994 SAVE Proceedings 9522 Delay in Getting VECPs on Contract - Causes for and Effects of Jean S. Jines Value Analysis Government VECP Examines the many reasons for delays in getting VECPs on contract and counters to those reasons/excuses 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9523 Utilizing FAR Clause 48.104-3 "No Cost" Settlement Approach in Today's VECP Environment Lewis W. Kingsbury Value Analysis Government No Cost VECP Explores the advantages and disadvantages of using the "no cost" settlement approach when implementing VECPs 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9524 Accommodating Change - The Role of Value Engineering in the Defense Logistics Agency Keith W. Lippert Value Analysis Government Defense Logistics Agency Explains the expanded role for VE in the Defense Logistics Agency to enable the agency to maintain a high level of support 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9525 A Revolution in the Management of People and Teams: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Applied to Management and Team Work Dirceu Maramaldo Value Analysis Brazil Theory of Multiple Intelligences Describes how Harvard's Dr. Howard gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences helps break resistance to change and incentivizes VE team creativity, intuition and competence 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9526 VE for the Environment: Criteria Functions Eric G. Meng Value Analysis Construction Environment Criteria Functions Discusses the importance in environmental VE projects of a category of functions called "Criteria Functions" 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9527 How to Improve Soft processes With VA Nathalie Provost and Roger Giroux Value Analysis Canada Government Process VE Describes the VA of the Quebec welfare Department aimed at simplifying and codifying policy communications 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9528 Cultural Influences on Fundamental Value Engineering Methodologies John Pucetas Value Analysis Construction Navaho Describes the cultural implications of applying VE on then expansion of educational facilities on a Navaho reservation 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9529 Implementing a Successful Value Engineering Program Within the County of San Diego's Capital Improvement Program John R. Rising Value Analysis Government County Discusses lessons learned in 4 years of leading the VE program of the County of San Diego 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9530 Value Engineering - Hardware Technology Insertion: Implementation of a "Non-Traditional" VECP Daniel M. Shank Value Analysis Government Electronics Technology Insertion Describes the use of a VECP to establish a technology expansion in the Navy's ALQ-156A Missile Warning System 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9531 Value Engineering: An Essential Tool for the Management of Spatial Project Jean Chevallier Value Analysis France Space Agency Describes two successful VE studies on programs of the French Space Agency 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9532 Improving Soldering Processes Through Value Engineering David Hillman and Morgan Tench Cost Reduction Government Electronics Process Describes a tool called Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis to perform a solderability analysis on printed wiring assemblies 19955 SAVE Proceedings 9533 Integrating World Class Manufacturing Principles Into VE for the Process Industry Michael J. Cook Value Analysis Manufacturing Describes for Value Engineers the key functions of World class Manufacturing and the metrics used to quantify world class performance 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9534 New Method of Combining Ideas Kazuo Imaeda Value Analysis Japan Creative Ideas Describes techniques for overcoming problems in the current method of combining ideas at each job plan step 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9535 Value Engineering for Environmental Conservation Yasumichi Koizumi Value Analysis Japan Environmental Conservation Describes the concept of Affluent Life and Wisdom and identifies four basic factors for VE promotion which will accomplish environmental conservation 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9536 A New Method to Compile and Use Information Needed for Building a New Product Concept Through Identifying Use Functions Tatsumi Koshiba, Masayasu Tanaka and Hidemi Kawasaki Value Analysis Japan New Product Customer Input Describes a Value Engineering methodology for integrated new product conceptualization by searching the customers' subconscious needs 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9537 Management and Support for Successful VE Application Yoshio Nakagami Value Analysis Japan Results of a survey of how VE is being applied in Japan are reported. Factors which could improve this effectiveness are identified 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9538 Seeking Ideal Cooperation in Joint VE Y. Sato and K. Matsui Value Analysis Japan Supplier Automotive Describes a joint VE system involving an automotive manufacturer and one of its suppliers 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9539 How to Develop and Use the product Concept Table Through Evaluation of Esteem Functions Masayasu Tanaka, Tatsui Koshiba and Hidemi Kawasaki Value Analysis Japan Esteem Functions Describes a Value Engineering methodology for integrated new product conceptualization through analysis of esteem functions 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9540 The 3 Minute Think & Show-Off Method For Idea Generation Yoshitami Yamaguchi Value Analysis Japan Creativity Introduces a method of generation of more practical ideas by applying a 3-minute session for idea generation combined with an idea show-off session 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9541 FAST Diagramming - A Technique to Accelerate the Reengineering Effort Gershon Blumstein Value Analysis Automotive FAST Reengineering Describes the use of FAST Diagramming to facilitate the reengineering effort in a major automotive corporation 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9542 Decision and Indecision in Value Analysis Rosemary A. Fraser Value Analysis Decision Team Criteria Suggests that VE managers provide for continuous process monitoring and feedback. Team members should realize that each has specific information and must believe that sharing information is essential 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9543 Improving Quality in the Department of Defense With Value Engineering Laurance W. Paulson Value Analysis Government Discusses other reasons for applying VE beyond its use as a cost reduction tool. Benefits include improvement of quality 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9544 Re-Engineering Through VM-TQM Integration: A Strategy for the Transformation Abulaziz S. Al-Yousefi and William H. Hayden Value Analysis Saudi Arabia TQM Process Improvement Reengineering Explains the connection and learning pathway between VM, TQM, Process Improvement, and Reengineering. 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9545 Third Party Value Julia E. S. Dale Value Analysis Construction UK Presents the case for considering a Third Party in solving construction problems through VA. This is a stakeholder who is neither the Client nor the Customer. His or her effect upon the study is often not directly related to the project 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9546 Two Value Models for Team Problem Solving Tom Warwick Value Analysis Suggests that two value models be considered in a Value Study: Diminishing Returns and Accelerating Growth 1995 SAVE Proceedings 9547 Value Engineering a Nation - South Africa: A Case Study Richard A. Stringer Value Analysis South Africa Presents the reasons for, and methods by which VM's role played an important part in the so-far successful transformational process. 1995 SAVE Proceedings