Bricolage, a concept introduced by anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, captures the art of solving problems with whatever is at hand. It is about piecing together ideas, tools, and materials from different places to create something new. This kind of inventive problem-solving is useful in engineering, where design, adaptability, and practical ingenuity are useful in problem-solving. In systems engineering, Bricolage aligns well with concepts of abstraction and hierarchy. When engineers face challenges in a project development, they often abstract problems to higher levels to minimize complexity and identify core system functions and interactions.