1.    Systems Engineering - An Introduction
       1.1.    Motivation and Definition
       1.2.    The Disciplines in Systems Engineering
       1.3.    System Analysis
       1.4.    System Architecture

2.    Context Boundaries
       2.1.    Defining the System Context
       2.2.    Documenting the Technical Context

3.    Performing the Analysis of Requirements
       3.1.    Overview
       3.2.    Tasks in Detail

4.    Requirements Documentation in Prose - MASTER
       4.1.    Introduction
       4.2.    MASTER for Functional Requirements
       4.3.    MASTER for Non-Functional Requirements
     
5.    Model-based Documentation of Requirements
       5.1.    Basics of Modeling
       5.2.    Information Models
       5.3.    Use Case Diagrams
       5.4.    Activity Diagrams
       5.5.    State Machines
       5.6.    Requirements Diagrams

6.    Documenting a System Architecture with SysML
       6.1.    Black Box View
       6.2.     White Box View
       6.3.     Different Strategies for the White Box View

7.    Building a Product Specification - Bringing it all together
       7.1.     Structure and Content of the Specifications
       7.2.     How much RE and Architecture
       7.3.     Introducing the Product Description

• You know how to get from a product idea to a documented system.
• You know the motivation for systems engineering, know the disciplines, roles, and their areas of responsibility.
• You will know the activities performed in the disciplines of analysis and architecture, and how to ensure the quality of the artifacts created.
• You will learn criteria to decide how much analysis and architecture is appropriate for your product or system.
• You will know the most common forms of documentation for requirements and system architecture, in particular templates and model-based documentation with SysML and how they fit into an overall system description.
• You know the different levels into which a system can be decomposed.

You will learn field-tested methods and aspects from systems engineering specialists, which will enable you to enter the world of systems engineering. In addition, you will gain impressions from real projects that can serve as a precursor for your own systems engineering project.