1. Launch the project
The design or improvement of a product and/or service is a key activity for a company, often entrusted to a project team whose skills are essentially technical. However, the criteria for evaluating this solution are mainly commercial and financial, and the most innovative solutions are often found outside the company. The value analysis method can be used to steer this collaborative work and help select the best solution.
1.1 Directing action
As with any project, it's essential to set the course right from the start, by defining the scope, the objective (in terms of Revenues – Costs – Quality – Deadlines – Risks), the team and the schedule.
These elements need to be validated at every stage: on the one hand, it's important to check...
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Value Analysis, a key to the future , AFAV, 4th edition
Lawrence D. Miles, Techniques of Value Analysis and Engineering , 1989, available as free e-book : http://wendt.library.wisc.edu/miles/milesbook.html
Delafolie G. J., Analyse de la...
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NF EN1325 : value analysis vocabulary
NF X50-152: value analysis – fundamental characteristics
FD X50-153: fascicule de documentation – value analysis
NF X50-156 : Design with a designated objective; concerted design management
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