Value Engineering is a systematic method for solving engineering management problems. This method organizes specialized working groups to identify and remove unnecessary costs which do not affect the quality, function, or basic properties of a product. This paper reports the result of a research on challenges in Value Engineering applications in development projects in Iran. The research also treats the contextual problems and recommends reforms within the national legal framework. The article briefly reviews basic concepts and processes for implementing Value Engineering and its role in development projects. It refers to the published data on development projects and interviews with experts, industrial mangers and university professors. It concludes that applying Value Engineering methods will prevent approving inefficiently prepared project projects, while improving the efficiency of implementation and solving problems arising during implementation. Major problems hindering the application of Value Engineering in development projects include: insufficient legal framework; lack of knowledge about Value Engineering, and reluctance for group work in the working culture of projects.

Taking into account the fact that a -large amount of the nation's budget is used in new projects such as petrochemical plants, power plants, airports, freeways and so on, it-is essential to focus on the optimum allocation of funds to these projects. At the same time increasing the level of quality and productivity of the projects or products are of prime importance to both owners and customers.Value engineering as an organized systematic approach has been used effectively in engineering projects to reduce cost or enhance the quality of the work. This method, which mainly concentrates on "Basic Function" is highly efficient in analyzing various big projects.In this paper a new methodology for increasing the effectiveness of the project management process using value-engineering approach is presented. The method uses Value Engineering Job Plan.This method is applied in a project and the results are presented in this article. The application of the model resulted in a 22% cost reduction in the project.

This paper concluded the study compiled the library is introduced, the definition, history and background of the two approaches value engineering (VE) and pure principles (LP), the combined function of these two approaches and their effects on each other and also studies And finally how to use combination (LVE) with the attitude of these new and innovative approach to describe their relationship compilation tools and techniques for value creation and development organizations has been discussed.

Progressing environment and competitive market in the recent years have caused shorter product life cycle. Therefore, organizations have to keep up with the other competitors in introducing products conformed with customer demands, if they want to survive. On the other hand, designing and offering new products to the market in some industries imposes enormous costs to the organizations. Automotive industry is one of these industries. This research was accomplished with the focus on the product of "Samand" in "Iran Khodro" company. Nowdays, the necessity of launching a new product can be greatly realized, but it seems to be impossible due to the urgency of executing the so called project and also the lack of monetary resources. "Face lift designing" can be regarded as a suitable approach to solve the mentioned problem. The goal of the research is to find out the parts that considering the monetary limitations, could bring out the best "Face lift" design for the company. To ascertain this goal, value engineering (VE) and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) were used.Four populations consisting of customers, experts, automotives designers and strategic planners were used gathering data from the two populations of customers and designers. In conclusion, considering budgetary constraints of the company, those parts, which due to the redesigning of them, best face lift design might be obtained were orderly determined as bumpers, lights, side mirrors and gutter.

The purpose of this research is to identify the essential success factors in performing value engineering in Iran. Maurer and Posetas model was used as the basis for success factor identification. These two models have identified 34 variables as effective factors in performing the value engineering study. Statistical population of this research was 37 productive and service organizations of Tehran province, and statistical samples were,250 persons who were connected with the subject of value engineering study of these organizations based on the gathered data from questionnaires. Statistical methods of binomial test and factor analysis were used. In the end 8 key factors from 3 main groups among 34 variables arising from the methods of researching in performing the value engineering study in today conditions of productive and service organizations of Tehran province were identified.

Valve Engineering is one of the most successful and complete me topologies in solving problems reducing costs improving performance and promoting the quality and according to "International Value Engineering Association" it is a team event and an organized and practical team and it has a professional application that is used for evaluating and improving the Value of a product and designing a tool a system and or performing the industrial reconstruction and service educe ional projects and soon. Value Engineering enjoys team members knowledge experience especialism genius and creativity and move it to the more valuable results during region steps and standards phases so in the matter of importance of the subject the present article is trying to open a new part in the subject of studding the quality of value Engineering.

The question of the optimum procedures in project-based organizations has created many patterns in the last five decades, of which, one of the most important patterns is value engineering. Value engineering has a more rather long background in the world but is very young in Iran. A review of the experience of value engineering in Iran show that we have not been successful in this respect. In this article the weak points of value engineering in Iran are discussed based on an analysis of the real projects. Our analysis shows that the weak points can be categorized in four groups: analysis of functions, organized procedure, creativity, and team work.