Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
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at this definition, it's a user's initial<br />
impressions versus satisfaction and use. Well, if I<br />
were to ask around the room, each one <strong>of</strong> you, what<br />
does that mean to you? I'm going to get different<br />
answers from every person. So the challenge within<br />
value engineering is defining what that value is to<br />
the organization and just determining how we can<br />
measure that. So, the other thing I wanted to point<br />
out is that value engineering is not cost cutting,<br />
because if you look at the definition <strong>of</strong> cost<br />
cutting, it's basically looking at just first costs.<br />
Value engineering, just like we were talking about<br />
sustainable design earlier, looks at lifecycle<br />
costs. And we try to look at the whole picture.<br />
So the next slide. This takes the<br />
definition <strong>of</strong> value and puts it into what is value<br />
engineering? It is a process that is function<br />
oriented, systematic. It's a team approach, very<br />
similar to what we're doing in this room, talking<br />
about ideas, applying creativity. And it<br />
concentrates on lowering lifecycle costs, improving<br />
quality, performance, and yes, there is an initial<br />
cost reduction element to it.<br />
So our program requirements at OBO, which<br />
are also dictated by Section 36 <strong>of</strong> the Federal<br />
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