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Value Engineering as a Specialty for Systems Engineering: Exploring Opportunities
Author(s) -
de Graaf Robin,
van der Linde Gido,
de Jong Hein,
Vogt Berber
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
insight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-4868
pISSN - 2156-485X
DOI - 10.1002/inst.12237
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , value engineering , biological systems engineering , system of systems engineering , function (biology) , specialty , systems engineering , engineering , engineering design process , method engineering , discipline , computer science , engineering management , civil engineering software , systems design , software engineering , mechanical engineering , operations management , sociology , medicine , pathology , machine learning , evolutionary biology , biology , social science
Value Engineering is a so‐called specialty engineering activity within Systems Engineering according to the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook [INCOSE, 2015], but what makes Value Engineering a ‘specialty,’ and what can it offer Systems Engineers? In this article three Value Engineering concepts are described, which are the pillars of Value Engineering: 1) the definition of value, 2) the use of multi‐disciplinary workshops, and 3) the application of function diagramming with the FAST method. Each of these concepts is explained and ideas are put forward how to incorporate them in more commonly used Systems Engineering processes. Our findings show that Systems Engineering and Value Engineering are not mutually exclusive, but offer outstanding concepts to improve designers’ goals. With this article, we hope to inspire the Systems Engineering and Value Engineering communities to further explore and experiment together.