Comments from the last Post Graduate Course at the University of the Witwatersrand
Comments on what the students found most beneficial about the course
- The creativity part was quite interesting and beneficial to me
- Interaction
- Content + digital and analogue analysis
- Creative thinking. Content and exercises, especially the digital analogue analysis
- The tools that are used to see the value of implementing a project beforehand
- All content but mostly (VM) value management concepts. Johari window; human dynamics (spiral dynamics)
- Practical application of value management tools. Lecturer experience examples. Enthusiasm of lecturer
- Helpful tools, process for value assessment. Behavioural spiral
- Practicality
- Human dynamics and appreciating the intrinsic differences that might cause conflict or support the success of a project. The flexibility in applying value eng/management
- The content is very relevant, value management including the tools
- Value engineering where you do cost to function analysis. The human dynamics and the creativity was exciting
- The practical application into current work I do
- Spiral dynamics behaviour shed a lot of light on peoples thinking processes
- Insights into VM/VE methodology and tools/techniques. Understanding where VM, VE etc fits in and why you use it
- The tools that were shared for value management and analysis process. Group discussion were very beneficial in understanding
- Applicability of the methodologies to industrial case studies
- The value engineering techniques
- Not doing value engineering in everything 80/20 rule was an eye opener
- Everything was useful, Fast diagram and value eng
- Creativity section
- Value improvement practices
- The class interaction, including games and the set by set guide using the value management ??
- The tool kits and practicality – there are very practical tools which can be applied in my business as usual environment in the workplace. Nice structured methodologies, easy to use
- Applicable to current work environment; real life examples
- Value management and tender adjudication
- The course offers tools to be used when approaching project, for the project to be cost effective
- Everything
- The concepts and theories of Value Eng, Very good course
- Interesting content and lectured well. Interesting and useful approach
- Value improvement practices tools (VM/VE/risk assessment etc)
- The different techniques one can use to improve
- Course content was more beneficial to the company that I work for
- Examples from completed projects and lecturer’s experience
- The tabulation and calculations used in value engineering
- The whole course was very interactive and very interesting
- New concept
- The brain – the analogy and the digital side of the brain
- New concepts, very good management tool, covers EQ concepts generally lacking in engineers
- Practicality of it, can be applied directly at place of work
- It’s about how we can improve projects and life by using value engineering. The importance of planning in everything we do
- The class exercises provided a hands on feel of value engineering application and they instilled deeper understanding of the course
- The whole concept of value management and value engineering and how it can be applied to everything
- The course is very much beneficial, I can see the application and rewards in my personal life and work projects