S.M..R.T. (r SMRT) s n crnym sd s mnmnc dvc t stblsh crtr fr ffctv gl-sttng nd bjctv dvlpmnt. Ths frmwrk s cmmnly ppld n vrs flds, ncldng prjct mngmnt, mply prfrmnc mngmnt, nd prsnl dvlpmnt. Th trm ws frst prpsd by Grg T. Drn n th Nvmbr 1981 ss f Mngmnt Rvw, whr h dvctd fr sttng bjctvs tht r spcfc (r Smpl), msrbl, ssgnbl, rlstc, nd tm-bnd—hnc th crnym S.M..R.T.
Snc ts ncptn, th SMRT frmwrk hs vlvd, ldng t th mrgnc f dffrnt vrtns f th crnym. Cmmnly sd vrsns ncrprt ltrntv wrds, ncldng ttnbl, rlvnt, nd tmly. ddtnlly, svrl thrs hv ntrdcd spplmntry lttrs t th crnym. Fr nstnc, sm rfr t SMRTS gls, whch ncld th lmnt f "slf-dfnd", whl thrs tlz SMRTR gls.
Prpnnts f SMRT bjctvs rg tht ths crtr fcltt clr frmwrk fr gl sttng nd vltn, pplcbl crss vrs cntxts sch s bsnss (btwn mply nd mplyr) nd sprts (btwn thlt nd cch). Ths frmwrk nbls th ndvdl sttng th gl t hv prcs ndrstndng f th xpctd tcms, whl th vltr hs cncrt crtr fr ssssmnt. Th SMRT crnym s lnkd t Ptr Drckr's mngmnt by bjctvs (MB) cncpt, llstrtng ts fndtnl rl n strtgc plnnng nd prfrmnc mngmnt.