COLLABORATIVE VALUE ENGINEERING Javier Masini, AVS Universidad Panamericana Guadalajara, México

The Telectroscope Paul St George (Author) Images from the official site at http://www.tiscali.co.uk/telectroscope/

The Telectroscope Paul St George (Author) Interchanging phone numbers Images taken by the Associated Press

Gadget-Interaction Breakthrough A GIB is a remarkable interaction among individuals around a certain gadget created intentionally to promote that interaction. The gadget is created by an individual or group of individuals (not necessarily are those interacting) The gadget may be a tangible good, an experience, a web page, or even a set of regulated activities that invite some other people to interact

A GIB is a remarkable interaction among individuals around a certain gadget created intentionally to promote that interaction.

The gadget is created by an individual or group of individuals (not necessarily are those interacting)

The gadget may be a tangible good, an experience, a web page, or even a set of regulated activities that invite some other people to interact

Gadget-Interaction Breakthrough Some examples Good An experience Web page Regulated activities From http://edition.cnn.com On june 9th 2008

Some examples

Good

An experience

Web page

Regulated activities

Clusters Global markets and technology make sourcing of goods and services easily available from any company around the globe. Therefore location becomes a hard to sell differentiation Michael E. Porter presents in his 1998 article “Clusters and the New Economics of Competition” the concept of cluster .

Global markets and technology make sourcing of goods and services easily available from any company around the globe.

Therefore location becomes a hard to sell differentiation

Michael E. Porter presents in his 1998 article “Clusters and the New Economics of Competition” the concept of cluster .

Clusters Clusters are “geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field” (Porter 1998).

Clusters are “geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field” (Porter 1998).

Clusters Growing Agave

Growing Agave

Non-geographical clusters Cutting by Jimadores

Cutting by Jimadores

Clusters Tequila Express (Tour)

Tequila Express (Tour)

Clusters Research

Research

Tours to old factories

Tours to old factories

Clusters Shows Museums

Shows

Museums

Old Haciendas

Old Haciendas

bars

bars

And also…

And also…

Non-geographical clusters Clusters are “geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field” (Porter 1998). This works for Tequila, but… Can you imagine a Cluster for VM?

Clusters are “geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field” (Porter 1998).

This works for Tequila, but…

Can you imagine a Cluster for VM?

Non-geographical clusters No VEP is expecting one single town (geographically speaking) to be the cluster for VE. Nevertheless, new technology has made communication among peers very simple and effective, regardless of location. A Non-Geographical cluster is just a group of interconnected individuals, companies and institutions collaborating in a particular field.

No VEP is expecting one single town (geographically speaking) to be the cluster for VE.

Nevertheless, new technology has made communication among peers very simple and effective, regardless of location.

A Non-Geographical cluster is just a group of interconnected individuals, companies and institutions collaborating in a particular field.

Collaboration Collaboration is a process in which a group of autonomous stakeholders of an issue domain engage in an i nteractive process, using shared rules, norms, and structures to act or decide on issues related to that domain (Wood and Gray, 1991).

Collaboration is a process in which a group of autonomous stakeholders of an issue domain engage in an i nteractive process, using shared rules, norms, and structures to act or decide on issues related to that domain (Wood and Gray, 1991).

From continuous improvement to collaborative improvement Collaborative Improvement is “a purposeful inter-company interactive process that focuses on continuous incremental innovation aimed at enhancing the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise (EME) overall performance” (Cagliano et al., 2005). It means a transition from intra-firm processes of collaboration into inter-firm processes of collaboration

Collaborative Improvement is “a purposeful inter-company interactive process that focuses on continuous incremental innovation aimed at enhancing the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise (EME) overall performance” (Cagliano et al., 2005).

It means a transition from intra-firm processes of collaboration into inter-firm processes of collaboration

From continuous improvement to collaborative improvement Clusters Non-geographical Clusters Collaboration Collaborative improvement Platform needed

Web 2.0 It is not an upgrade from Web 1.0 Defined as “the Internet transformed into a social space that embraces all social agents, capable of supplying support and being part of a new communication, knowledge and information society" (Fumero et al, 2007). The Web becomes a platform

It is not an upgrade from Web 1.0

Defined as “the Internet transformed into a social space that embraces all social agents, capable of supplying support and being part of a new communication, knowledge and information society" (Fumero et al, 2007).

The Web becomes a platform

Web 2.0 Web 1.0 is the Static web Webmasters might edit contents Readers just read Changes happened in a slow motion Web 2.0 is the Social Web Everybody is allowed to broadcast Changes are much more frequent (most times daily) There are site owners and collaborators

Web 1.0 is the Static web

Webmasters might edit contents

Readers just read

Changes happened in a slow motion

Web 2.0 is the Social Web

Everybody is allowed to broadcast

Changes are much more frequent (most times daily)

There are site owners and collaborators

Web 2.0 Some examples of tools for Web 2.0 Blogs (www.blogspot.com) Wikis (www.wikispaces.com) Instant Messaging (Messenger) RSS Feeds Photo sharing (www.flickr.com) Social or professional Networking (www.linkedin.com or www.myspace.com) Online shared documents and calendars (docs.google.com)

Some examples of tools for Web 2.0

Blogs (www.blogspot.com)

Wikis (www.wikispaces.com)

Instant Messaging (Messenger)

RSS Feeds

Photo sharing (www.flickr.com)

Social or professional Networking (www.linkedin.com or www.myspace.com)

Online shared documents and calendars (docs.google.com)

From continuous improvement to collaborative improvement Clusters Non-geographical Clusters Collaboration Collaborative improvement Platform needed Wiki Web 2.0

Wikis Wikis are collections of Internet Web based pages that are linked together, and they can be created or edited collaboratively by anyone who has access to them without having to learn HTML -hypertext markup language (Farmer 2006).

Wikis are collections of Internet Web based pages that are linked together, and they can be created or edited collaboratively by anyone who has access to them without having to learn HTML -hypertext markup language (Farmer 2006).

The “W-Word” Wikis are not so popular as some other Web 2.0 Tools Roszkievwicz claims that "wiki has an identity problem" (Roszkievwicz, 2008) Its technology is available as an open source and without a strong company-backed marketing effort to tell the wiki story over and over Wikipedia’s popularity

Wikis are not so popular as some other Web 2.0 Tools

Roszkievwicz claims that "wiki has an identity problem" (Roszkievwicz, 2008)

Its technology is available as an open source and without a strong company-backed marketing effort to tell the wiki story over and over

Wikipedia’s popularity

Wiki’s Trustworthiness Security level. public -everybody can view and edit the pages protected -everyone can view the pages, but editing is restricted to certain individuals; private -only selected individuals can view and edit the pages. Wiki software tracks when members visit the wiki and what actions they take. Every version of the page is saved

Security level.

public -everybody can view and edit the pages

protected -everyone can view the pages, but editing is restricted to certain individuals;

private -only selected individuals can view and edit the pages.

Wiki software tracks when members visit the wiki and what actions they take.

Every version of the page is saved

Wiki’s Trustworthiness Dondio and Barret presented a set of ten propositions stating that trustfulness increases if an article… was written by expert and identifiable authors has similar features or it is complaint to a standard in its category there is a clear leadership/direction in the group directing the editing processes and acting as a reference there is no dictatorship effect, that means that most of the editing reflects one person’s view.

Dondio and Barret presented a set of ten propositions stating that trustfulness increases if an article…

was written by expert and identifiable authors

has similar features or it is complaint to a standard in its category

there is a clear leadership/direction in the group directing the editing processes and acting as a reference

there is no dictatorship effect, that means that most of the editing reflects one person’s view.

Wiki’s Trustworthiness Dondio and Barret presented a set of ten propositions stating that trustfulness increases if an article… the fragmentation of the contributions is limited: there is more cohesion than dissonance among authors has good balance among its sections, the right degree of details, it contains images if needed, it has a varied sentence structure, rhythm and length. it is constantly visited and reviewed by authors.

Dondio and Barret presented a set of ten propositions stating that trustfulness increases if an article…

the fragmentation of the contributions is limited: there is more cohesion than dissonance among authors

has good balance among its sections, the right degree of details, it contains images if needed, it has a varied sentence structure, rhythm and length.

it is constantly visited and reviewed by authors.

Wiki’s Trustworthiness Dondio and Barret presented a set of ten propositions stating that trustfulness increases if an article… is stable uses a neutral point of view the article is well referenced

Dondio and Barret presented a set of ten propositions stating that trustfulness increases if an article…

is stable

uses a neutral point of view

the article is well referenced

From continuous improvement to collaborative improvement Clusters Non-geographical Clusters Collaboration Collaborative improvement Platform needed Wiki’s Trustworthiness Wiki Web 2.0 GIBs

Collaborative Value Engineering CVE is a platform for Value Engineering Practitioners VEP to collaboratively interact on issues related to Value Engineering as well as sharing their individual expertise, in order to enrich VE’s Body of Knowledge while it promotes the use of Value Engineering worldwide.

Collaborative Value Engineering CVE is a platform for Value Engineering Practitioners VEP to collaboratively interact on issues related to Value Engineering as well as sharing their individual expertise, in order to enrich VE’s Body of Knowledge while it promotes the use of Value Engineering worldwide.

Web sites (information about CVE) Wikis (Platform fot VE BOK) Support tools available Email for every member Instant messaging Online Calendar (may sync with Outlook) Online documents, spreadsheets and Presentations And a set of 200+ gadgets available

Web sites (information about CVE)

Wikis (Platform fot VE BOK)

Support tools available

Email for every member

Instant messaging

Online Calendar (may sync with Outlook)

Online documents, spreadsheets and Presentations

And a set of 200+ gadgets available

Email ( mail.collaborativeve.org)

Calendar ( calendar.collaborativeve.org)

Documents ( docs.collaborativeve.org)

Collaborative platform (wiki)

CVE has the following goals: Enrich Value Engineering Body of Knowledge Real time networking Promotion of VE world wide and to the Academia Save time generating ideas Improve VE team performance

CVE has the following goals:

Enrich Value Engineering Body of Knowledge

Real time networking

Promotion of VE world wide and to the Academia

Save time generating ideas

Improve VE team performance

CVE’s Quality of content: Constructed with a protected security level Editing is restricted only to active SAVE members that apply to get access Promotion of VE is achieved by letting the world read the site This also fulfils the first and second prepositions presented by Dondio and Barret on article trustworthiness.

CVE’s Quality of content:

Constructed with a protected security level

Editing is restricted only to active SAVE members that apply to get access

Promotion of VE is achieved by letting the world read the site

This also fulfils the first and second prepositions presented by Dondio and Barret on article trustworthiness.

“ In order to be considered collaboration, it is key that the process entail an interactive process (relationship over time) and that groups develop shared rules, norms and structures, which often become their first work together” (Kezar, 2005)

“ In order to be considered collaboration, it is key that the process entail an interactive process (relationship over time) and that groups develop shared rules, norms and structures, which often become their first work together” (Kezar, 2005)

www.collaborativeve.org is already available Formal collaboration is schedule to start by july 28th 2008 Those interested may apply at www.collaborativeve.org (it is free)

www.collaborativeve.org is already available

Formal collaboration is schedule to start by july 28th 2008

Those interested may apply at www.collaborativeve.org (it is free)

Questions? [email_address] [email_address] Javier Masini, AVS Universidad Panamericana Guadalajara, México