Value Engineering (VE) techniques based on function have been the means to improved products and processes for several decades. It is a social design methodology that is usually episodic in application and often confused with narrow interests, such as cost cutting. This paper addresses the role, or function, of VE in a larger model of design practice to give insight into its use, non-use and mi...

The knowledge process (including creation, dissemination, and utilization) is discussed in relationship to Value Engineering (VE) theory and practice. This paper presents a conceptual framework to guide development of the management of innovation. Concepts and issues from diverse social science disciplines are combined to develop an interdependent set of critical concepts. The issue of diffusio...

Value Engineering (VE) is the title given to a set of value techniques applied during the design or ‘engineering’ phases of a construction project that has its origins in the US manufacturing industry. Currently, value engineers attempt to infer design rationale information from drawings and specifications for carrying out the value engineering analysis. Access to design rationales can help val...

The goal of muchwork in virtual environments VEs to date has been to produce innovative visual aural and haptic technology until recently there has been very little user centered usability focused research in VEs However there is beginning to be at least some awareness of the need for usability engineering within the VE community mostly addressing particular parts of the VE usability space This...

Process improvement is a challenging task for software engineering. As Kuvaja [7]. has stated it:” It is difficult to find a unique way to identify a common improvement path suitable to all kinds of organizations.” The BOOTSTRAP method gives an assessor tools to evaluate processes. As a method it evaluates processes with low capability and a high effect on an organization’s goals the most impor...

Second-look value engineering (VE) is an approach that aims to lower the costs of products for which target costs are not being met during the production stage. Participants in second-look VE typically come up with a variety of ideas for cost cutting, but the outcomes often depend on their levels of experience, and not many good alternatives are available during the production stage. Nonetheles...

For many years computer-based concurrent engineering of products, denoted as Virtual Engineering (VE), has been developed to meet requirements in product development. Current research in concurrent engineering deals with the integration and synchronization of domain-specific (CAD design, simulation analysis) data and tools. This paper focuses on a flexible, multidimensional data model that inte...

This study aimed to determine the relation between the regression slope relating minute ventilation to carbon dioxide output (VE/VCO2 slope) and maximum phonation time (MPT), and the MPT required to attain a threshold value for VE/VCO2 slope of ≤ 34 in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. This cross-sectional study enrolled 115 CHF patients (mean age, 54.5 years; men, 84.9%). VE/VCO2 slope was...