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===== Limitations =====
The VE technique emphasizes on the cost of the final project which sometimes it is not preferable and this is not the objective of the tool at all. In this technique is easy to detect the limitations, which are man-made <ref>https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/marketing/value-analysis-meaning-phases-merits-and-limitations/49178</ref>. Some of these are the following:
*Difficulties in the communication inside the multidisciplinary team.
*Lack of creativity.
*Lack of knowledge.
*Persistence from stakeholders for even less cost. <ref>Joel Wao, Ph.D., A Review of the Value Engineering Methodology: Limitations and Solutions for Sustainable Construction, 55th SAVE International Annual Conference: SAVE Value Summit, San Diego, CA, USA, June 7-9, 2015,  https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.5183.0884</ref> 

According to R. W. Sievert (1991), the value engineering team has four to six members with complementary expertise in different disciplines. Even if nowadays it is common to have multidisciplinary teams, this is not an effortless work formula. The differencies in the unique backgrounds and educational - professional experiences of every member may create obstacles in the process, leading to delayed outcomes. Sometimes, the one part does not take in consideration the others, they cannot cοmmunicate their ideas and work, they cannot be synchronized hence the result comes out of time. This is also related with the lack of knowledge. 
Another limitation of this technique is the lack of creativity. This happens when some approaches are scientific-oriented and there is no knowledge background, like the sustainability outcomes. To control this obstacle, better communicational skills and methods are needed inside the team which maybe comes in conflict with the previous limitation. 

The VE tool is a cost-oriented technique but sometimes it is possible to overcome the limits which means focus on reducing the costs but not on improving elements of the Function Performance like quality, reliability, availability. Especially, as the VE technique is part of architectural projects, it is negative-related the fact that the sustainability approach is not taken under consideration at the very beginning of the methodology. Last but not least, as the stakeholder's purpose is to gain from every method, in this way maybe they will be more strict about the cost, whick has as an outcome the lack of creativity and motivation from the side of the value engineering team.