Functional Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) - Value Engineering Method

FAST was developed among value engineering community. It facilitates analysis of systems.
It was first conceived by Charles W. Bytheway in 1965, as a way to systematically organize and represent the functional relationships of a technical system.

Visit and Read the paper by Geza E. Kmetty and Alread |I. Paley on Slide Share

https://www.slideshare.net/GezaKmetty/final-pdf-paper-3612

Video Lecture by Dr. Indradeep Singh, IIT Roorkee
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FAST - Creativity and Innovation

Book by Charles W. Bytheway
2007
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=BcrD302Uw5YC

References
(Book available for sale in India for Rs. 550 by Cengage)

1. FAST for Systematic Design
http://http-server.carleton.ca/~gkardos/88403/FAST/FAST5.html

2. Function Analysis for Team Problem Solving

http://www.value-eng.org/pdf_docs/conference_proceedings/1994/9428.pdf

3. Functional Analysis Systems Technique (FAST) as a Group Knowledge Elicitation Method for Model Building

http://www.systemdynamics.org/conferences/2001/papers/Bartolomei_2.pdf


Articles on VA/VE discussing FAST

VA/VE Paper from NPC Chennai
http://www.productivity.in/knowledgebase/General/Value%20Engineering%20and%20Analysis.pdf

Value engineering requirements - US military tender
http://en.sas.usace.army.mil/enweb/httproot/ae/manuals/design/vol2/V2-B_VE.pdf

Original Knol - http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/functional-analysis-systems-technique/2utb2lsm2k7a/ 3912



Updated 19 July 2017,  12 June 2016,  28 June 2015
First posted  30 March 2012