TM is a broad term including the management of a totally integrated effort of Systems Engineering (SE) (including hardware and software), Test and Evaluation, and production and logistics support over the system life cycle. Its goal is timely deployment of an effective system, sustaining it, and satisfying the need at an affordable cost. TM includes, but is not limited to system/product definition process (establishing baseline); design engineering; SE (putting pieces together); computer resources; software management; Developmental Test and Evaluation; Operational Test and Evaluation; Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability; Product Improvements; transition from development to production; total quality management; standardization and specifications; configuration management; producibility; manufacturing process and controls; system or product disposal; and Preplanned Product Improvements . TM involves balancing a system's cost, schedule, effectiveness, and supportability.