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Best Value Masterclass

Get started with Best Value in an interactive, compact, and efficient program

This B+ certified course is interactive and focused on applying Best Value to real-life situations and cases. There is also ample opportunity for the exchange of experiences between participants.

The Best Value Masterclass B+ training is a logical continuation of your Best Value Basics Course (B Certification). It deepens and extends your Best Value knowledge so that you can apply Best Value independently. A considerable part of the training includes the philosophy – the foundation of Best Value – which is necessary for successful application of the Best Value approach. The training is completed with an exam that leads to an internationally accredited  B+ certificate.


  • Learn from Best Value Expert (A+) trainers
  • Practice with real-life cases in our 2-day training
  • Get your Best Value Expert registration with a B+ certificate
  • Free book: “How to Know Everything Without Knowing Anything”

What is the essence?

Over the course of 2 days, you get to learn more about the principles behind Best Value. You also obtain tools and guidelines for the application of Best Value in projects and organisations. We do this by means of case studies and exchange of experiences between participants and trainers. We prepare you in an interactive way for the exams that concludes every day of training. 95% of participants pass immediately.

Your skills after the training?

After finishing the Best Value Masterclass you are able to:

  • apply the Best Value Approach in projects, for example in tender teams, bid teams, assessment teams, in project management, and as a key person in the Best Value process
  • understand and apply the basic principles of Best Value
  • participate in the Best Value Expert training – A certification

For whom?

This training is suitable for anyone looking for a better understanding of the Best Value Approach with the aim to apply Best value independently. Both for vendors and clients and in various roles, such as procurement, account management, project management, and sales. The training is especially suitable for procurement managers, contract managers, tender/bid managers and key persons like project leaders, service delivery managers, technical managers and design leaders.

Course topics

This training is a logical follow-up of the B-training offering a deeper and broader perspective and the opportunity to deal with the Best Value subjects of the digital training in an interactive and practical manner:

  • Most important principles
  • Paradigm change
  • How to start with Best Value?
  • How to recognise expertise?
    – defining objectives, scope and conditions
    – assessment procedure
    – setting award criteria, competitive range, ranking method
  • How to demonstrate expertise?
    – client analysis and preparation for a Best Value tender
  • Interviews
  • Process and steps in the clarification phase
  • How to utilise expertise? How to approach the execution phase?


In addition, we will ask you to apply your knowledge to a specific case and we will prepare you for the exam by practicing exam questions. Every training day is concluded with an exam.

Training configuration

  • 2 days onsite training
  • Including 2 exams of 1 hour
  • Accredited A+ trainers, licensed by Arizona State University
  • Free book: “How to Know Everything Without Knowing Anything” by Dr. Dean Kashiwagi, the founder of Best Value
  • Both in-company and open courses

Register for the Best Value Masterclass