Abstract:
n my first book on value engineering, titled Value Engineering:
Concepts, Techniques and Applications, published by Response
Books, a division of SAGE India, I laid stress on creating a
comprehensive reference book for preparing for the value
engineering certification programmes. The book was meant to be
jargon-free and to help demystify all the concepts required for a
well-rounded understanding of value engineering (VE).
But while practicing as a consultant and interacting with a
wide range of VE professionals, industry specialists and first time
enthusiasts, I realized that there was a need to make VE books more
compact and user-friendly.
Since time is a premium for all sections of society, I adopted a
question and answer mode of information dissemination through
this book. Each chapter has a brief write-up preceding the array of
questions and answers.
It is not important just to know the right answers, but also
to know what the wrong options stand for. Just like all modern
day management examinations have taught us, we also need to
figure out what the wrong options mean and therein lies scope for
comprehensive knowledge gathering.
My suggestion to all the readers of this book is to pick up
whichever chapter seems interesting and start from there; read
the text and then work out the right answers for the questions.
Obviously there is a fallback to see the correct answers at the end
of the book. But my sincere request to all my readers is to explore
what the wrong options also mean.
I feel that in the modern day digitized world, compact reading
materials will help ignite passion for a subject. And hence, I
consider this book as a supplement for my first book me
