The systems engineering begins with the needs of users, owners, and operators and with the realities of the marketplace. This course focuses on the technical engineering work of transforming these needs to a near optimal system solution for complex systems that require multiple engineering disciplines to do the work. The approach is a synthesis of proven systems engineering best practices with the rigor of information transformations. The basic abstractions and processes required are described. The resulting meta-process description for systems engineering work is highly tailorable to organization need and culture.