TS EN 1325-2

TS EN 1325-2. OFFICIAL SCOPE IS UNAVAILABLE. This standard is a vocabulary reference for value management, bringing clarity to the terminology used around value management, value analysis, and functional analysis. Its main purpose is conceptual alignment: it helps readers understand how these closely related disciplines are distinguished and connected.

The technical meaning of value management

In general technical practice, value management focuses on the balance between the functions a product, service, process, or organisational solution must deliver and the resources used to achieve those functions. The goal is not simply cost reduction; it is to improve overall value while preserving or enhancing the required function. In that sense, value is understood as the relationship between performance, suitability, usefulness, and resource use.

Functional analysis is the method of examining a solution through what it does, identifying and classifying functions rather than starting from a specific design. Value analysis uses this functional view to help remove unnecessary features, highlight critical functions, and compare alternatives more consistently. Vocabulary standards like this one support shared understanding across teams, making documentation, training, and project communication more precise.

How this vocabulary standard is typically used

• It supports common terminology in technical management, product development, and process improvement work.
• It helps distinguish value management from value analysis and functional analysis.
• It reduces ambiguity in research, development, and organisational management contexts.
• It provides a consistent language for documentation, training, and cross-disciplinary communication.

This record is a withdrawn edition, but the topic remains relevant wherever value-oriented decision-making and function-based analysis are used. The standard should be read as a terminology reference for this field, not as proof of specific performance requirements for any particular project, product, or service.