Performance Based Studies Research Group

The PBSRG Best Value Business Model has been proven to consistently increase project performance and transform organizations into more efficient environments. In this 5 minute video, some of our current clients provide their experiences with the model as we introduce the 3 main phases of it. Each client has utilized the model in distinct areas, including: information technology, manufacturing, health care, and construction.

In our experience, most people do not open the attachment in a weekly risk report email. So the body of the email becomes very important. In this video, Dr. Kenneth Sullivan will review the best way to format the body of the weekly risk report email, and tips on setting up the agenda for the weekly risk meeting or call.

PBSRG has been featured numerous times on Ted Garrison’s New Construction Strategies Radio Show over the past few years. So much so that NCS has created a dedicated Best Value page on their website, to highlight these recordings. In April of this year, Dr. Dean Kashiwagi came on the show to explain how contractors can turn Best Value into a competitive advantage. A few weeks later, Jacob Kashiwagi introduced the Phases of PIPS as part of a 3 segment series on the show. Follow the links to listen to the interviews.

Last month, NCS interviewed two current users of the Best Value Model: Mike Perkins, Associate Vice President for Capital Planning and Project Management at the University of Minnesota, and Denise Digruccio, National Account Manager for Neogard.

This Special Issue focuses on the application of Best Value Procurement / Performance Information Measurement System (BVP / PIPS) methodology in The Netherlands. After the US, the Netherlands is the country where BVP is applied on the largest scale. BVP in the Netherlands is applied in and outside construction (ship building, IT, health care), in the public sector as well as in the private sector and across numerous phases in (different) supply chains. As of 2010 BVP is on its way to becoming the new way of procurement in The Netherlands, which is reason enough to publish this special issue.