This book is the first in the "Value Search, Closing the Gap" series and describes a holistic process for achieving successful programs, projects, services and products. The Closing the Gap series relates to program and project leadership, stakeholder consensus-building, informed decision-making, setting clear & transparent strategic direction, performance enhancement and effective change management for achieving real performance gains. The Overview book introduces a training and coaching system which enables participants to: formulate strategy; identify, select and develop innovative...

Here is an easy-to-read and brief, yet very informative, guide to improving performance and outcomes for executives and senior managers. Value Assurance (VA) is an overarching, business and functional performance improvement process. It is particularly effective for guiding business change initiatives, such as new systems to increase performance, as well as complex capital endeavors that will bring about significant or rapid change. So often, many programs and major projects (including products, systems and services) have failed to produce their expected performance. This can be due to a...

Value studies are conducted across a variety of application types in various sectors. This guide provides a basic understanding of the value study process and how it is applied to programs and projects. The purpose of this booklet is to outline the essential steps of a typical value study and to enable the consensus-building and decision-making processes. While the language of this guide applies particularly to "hard" projects, it is also directly applicable to "soft" projects and problems of business management. After all, most "hard" projects arise from, or support, "soft" projects. More...

This book follows on from "In Search of Value - Closing the Performance Gap with Value Assurance- Overview." Part 1 focuses on behavioural aspects and mainly WHY improvements should be applied, (while Part 2 focuses particularly on HOW significant improvements may be made). The series forms the basis of a comprehensive training program for professionals in project, risk and value management. It stimulates a way of thinking. The underlying purpose of the series is to provide an overall understanding of an opportunity-based approach derived by combining these applications. A strategic approach...

This book continues from a) "In Search of Value - Closing the Performance Gap with Value Assurance- Overview" b) " In Search of Value Part 1, Managing Expectations: Understanding the Conditions for Success" Part 2 emphasizes strategic aspects in particular, because these are the areas that produce the most dramatic and influential impacts. Key topics are: strategic alignment, value improvement, risk management, cost management, project controls and financial evaluation. The book outlines a number of best practices and in doing so, it challenges us to take a broader and longer-term view of the...

A comprehensive, easy-to-follow training manual for a powerful value improvement process. Based on the SAVE International basic certification training course. Today, more than ever, there is a complexity of factors to be addressed and, typically, many stakeholders to be consulted when undertaking projects of any size, in any field. Application of the Value Methodology (VM) process fast-tracks a common understanding of the problems, potential solutions and related implications, together with guiding the consensus-building and decision-making processes. This guide focuses on training in the...