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The Innovation of Others Can Be Your Gain

by VMS, Inc.|18 April 201918 April 2019|Editorials, Featured

Change can be scary. Change can be especially scary when you’re not the one who is instigating the change. Throughout history, there have been many instances when a new idea was broadcasted, and the creator subsequently vilified as a disruptor...

Simple Questions Can Help You Find Value

by Ashley Carson|27 March 201929 March 2019|Editorials, Featured

When a child asks “why?” or “how come?” for hours on end it can be maddening for adults, but in the context of Value Methodology, it is precisely these questions that bring success. By breaking down a project or a...

Eric Ho to present “Quantitative Risk Analysis and VE”

by Ashley Carson|25 March 201925 March 2019|Featured

Eric Ho, VMS Director of Risk Management, is presenting “Quantitative Risk Analysis and VE” at the April 3rd Metro New York SAVE International chapter and IEEE New York Section/Consultant’s meeting. Be sure to RSVP.

Three Questions to Ask to Avoid the Pitfalls of Institutional Lore

by VMS, Inc.|13 March 201913 March 2019|Editorials, Featured

I have a real issue with the very concept of conventional wisdom. Maybe it’s the fact that the very term “everyone knows” is begging the question “Does everyone know? Because I sure as heck don’t.” This gives rise to the...

5 Ways to Make Space For Change

by VMS, Inc.|16 January 201918 April 2019|Editorials, Featured

I don’t know if I’m alone in this thought, but I’m glad that 2018 is over. Last year not only flew by, but it did so with so many whips and curves that my neck has developed a permanent kink....

A Look Back at 2018

by VMS, Inc.|26 December 201813 June 2024|Company News, Featured

2018 was a busy year at VMS. We led over 100 Value Engineering studies, 26 Design Charrettes/FACDs, 17 Business Process Improvement studies, 13 Project Controls projects, 8 Risk workshops, 6 Trainings, and 2 Cost Estimating projects. And this was in...

VMS’s Ashley Carson Earns Coaching Certificate

by Ashley Carson|21 December 201811 March 2019|Company News, Featured

Ashley Carson, VMS’s Vice President of Organization Effectiveness, has earned her coaching certificate from the Hudson Institute. The Hudson Institute of Coaching has been providing developmentally based coach training for leaders for more than 30 years. Their International Coaching Federation...

Value, Defined

by VMS, Inc.|15 November 201813 June 2024|Editorials, Featured

At VMS we work to improve the value of all our client’s projects But what exactly is value? Our technical definition of value is the relationship between performance, cost, time, and risk in accomplishing a function or set of functions. ...