From a FE Model with $N$ DoFs and External Forcing
$$ \mathbf{B}_0\,\mathbf{u} + \mathbf{B}_1\,\dot{\mathbf{u}} + \mathbf{B}_2 \, \ddot{\mathbf{u}} + \cdots = \mathbf{F}(\mathbf{u},\,\dot{\mathbf{u}},\,\ldots,\,\mathbf{r}) \, , \qquad \qquad
\dot{\mathbf{r}} = \mathbf{E}(\mathbf{r})$$
To a 1st order reduced order model with $n$ DoFs ($n \ll N$)
$$ \dot{\mathbf{z}} = \mathbf{R}(\mathbf{z}, \mathbf{r}) \,, \qquad \qquad \mathbf{u} = \mathbf{W}(\mathbf{z}, \mathbf{r}) $$