5. Glossary

Capacity; capability

A capability reflects both the ability to produce an effect and the commitment to produce that effect.

Ingénierie système; system engineering

Systems engineering (SE) is an interdisciplinary approach governing the overall technical and managerial effort required to transform a set of stakeholder needs, expectations and constraints into a solution, and to support and maintain this solution throughout the life of the system ( norme ISO 15288 ).

Reversibility

Reversibility refers to the return of technical responsibility, whereby the contracting authority takes back the services it had entrusted to the holder of the outsourcing contract when it expires (CCAG)....