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Glossary of Terms
www.abet.org and interpreted functionally by Andy Sage (Sage and
Armstrong 2000, p. 30). “Engineering is that profession in which
knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by
study, experience, and practice is applied with judgment to develop
ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for
the benefit of mankind.”
Enterprise: The enterprise aims to lay out the nature, vision, and boundaries
of work. The enterprise has two requirements for business that a
project must satisfy: (1) providing revenue and profits consistent with
the enterprise policies, and (2) the operating within the limited and
constrained environment imposed by the realities of the project.
… enterprise is a mental image of that organization’s current and future
reason for existing (Morris and Pinto 2004)
To enterprise means to undertake the actions and activities necessary to carry out the business of an individual, group, or legal entity.
To enterprise means to attain effectiveness.
Epistemology: The theory of knowledge that provides for measures and
measurement of properties, traits, and attributes of objects.
Epistemology aims to quantify the relation between an object and
an observer’s cognitive structures (Ferris 1997).
Event: An event is the enactment of a mechanism by input EMMI which is
then transformed into output EMMI (i.e., performance). Events transpire as a result of every enactment of a mechanism. The result of a
set of processes (referred to as the result of a mechanism or procedure) is called an event. One process could be referred to as an event,
a set of processes can be referred to as an event (or set of events), or
an abstraction of processes (or a single process) can be referred to as
an event. An event implies the activation of a mechanism that is
embodied within an object.
Force: Force is defined as the influences of EMMI on objects. Were there no
influence on an object, there would be no force. That the influence
should be measurable or detectable is of no consequence to this
definition, as influence is relative. The test for influence is determined by the net of power (i.e., work done) on an object as observed
by the outputs of that object’s mechanism; changes in the object’s
properties, traits, or attributes; or other such changes in boundary,
boundary conditions, physical issues, and functional or behavioral
issues (Kocsis 2008).
Frame: A set of concepts that together represent a unique, singularly characterized perspective that is different than other perspectives.
Framework: A framework is the logics and consistency of method for a
group of frames. The structure of concepts and narrative is termed
as a framework. A framework is characterized by its (1) consistency
Glossary of Terms
www.abet.org and interpreted functionally by Andy Sage (Sage and
Armstrong 2000, p. 30). “Engineering is that profession in which
knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by
study, experience, and practice is applied with judgment to develop
ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for
the benefit of mankind.”
Enterprise: The enterprise aims to lay out the nature, vision, and boundaries
of work. The enterprise has two requirements for business that a
project must satisfy: (1) providing revenue and profits consistent with
the enterprise policies, and (2) the operating within the limited and
constrained environment imposed by the realities of the project.
… enterprise is a mental image of that organization’s current and future
reason for existing (Morris and Pinto 2004)
To enterprise means to undertake the actions and activities necessary to carry out the business of an individual, group, or legal entity.
To enterprise means to attain effectiveness.
Epistemology: The theory of knowledge that provides for measures and
measurement of properties, traits, and attributes of objects.
Epistemology aims to quantify the relation between an object and
an observer’s cognitive structures (Ferris 1997).
Event: An event is the enactment of a mechanism by input EMMI which is
then transformed into output EMMI (i.e., performance). Events transpire as a result of every enactment of a mechanism. The result of a
set of processes (referred to as the result of a mechanism or procedure) is called an event. One process could be referred to as an event,
a set of processes can be referred to as an event (or set of events), or
an abstraction of processes (or a single process) can be referred to as
an event. An event implies the activation of a mechanism that is
embodied within an object.
Force: Force is defined as the influences of EMMI on objects. Were there no
influence on an object, there would be no force. That the influence
should be measurable or detectable is of no consequence to this
definition, as influence is relative. The test for influence is determined by the net of power (i.e., work done) on an object as observed
by the outputs of that object’s mechanism; changes in the object’s
properties, traits, or attributes; or other such changes in boundary,
boundary conditions, physical issues, and functional or behavioral
issues (Kocsis 2008).
Frame: A set of concepts that together represent a unique, singularly characterized perspective that is different than other perspectives.
Framework: A framework is the logics and consistency of method for a
group of frames. The structure of concepts and narrative is termed
as a framework. A framework is characterized by its (1) consistency