Procurement is the act of finding, acquiring, buying goods, services or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process.
Program evaluation and review technique
The program (or project) evaluation and review technique, commonly abbreviated PERT, is a statistical tool, used in project management, which was designed to analyze and represent the tasks involved in completing a given project.
Logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation.
Model-driven architecture
Model-driven architecture (MDA) is a software design approach for the development of software systems.
New product development
In business and engineering, new product development (NPD) is the complete process of bringing a new product to market.
Modular design
Modular design, or "modularity in design", is a design approach that subdivides a system into smaller parts called modules or skids, that can be independently created and then used in different systems.
Response surface methodology
In statistics, response surface methodology (RSM) explores the relationships between several explanatory variables and one or more response variables.
Enterprise systems engineering
Enterprise systems engineering (ESE) is the discipline that applies systems engineering to the design of an enterprise.
Minimum viable product
In product development, the minimum viable product (MVP) is a product with just enough features to gather validated learning about the product and its continued development.
MOF Model to Text Transformation Language
MOF Model to Text Transformation Language (Mof2Text or MOFM2T) is an Object Management Group (OMG) specification for a model transformation language.
Software system
A software system is a system of intercommunicating components based on software forming part of a computer system (a combination of hardware and software).
Seven Management and Planning Tools
The Seven Management and Planning Tools have their roots in Operations Research work done after World War II and the Japanese total quality control (TQC) research.
Optimal design
In the design of experiments, optimal designs (or optimum designs) are a class of experimental designs that are optimal with respect to some statistical criterion.
Requirements engineering
Requirements engineering (RE) refers to the process of defining, documenting and maintaining requirements to the sub-fields of systems engineering and software engineering concerned with this process.
MIT Engineering Systems Division
The MIT Engineering Systems Division is an interdisciplinary academic and research unit devoted to addressing large-scale, complex engineering challenges within their socio-political context.