1. Introduction and Objectives

The introductory chapter gathers several narratives why systematic processes, techniques, and measures, in particular, classical and modified analytical system analysis methods, are key for the ideation, concept and design, development, verification and validation, implementation and testing of reliable, safe and resilient systems. It provides disciplinary structuring and ordering principles employed by the text, main dependencies of the chapters, and features of the text to increase readability and relevancy for practitioners and experts. Chapters are highlighted that can be understood as stand-alone introductions to key system analysis methods, processes, and method combination options. More recent applied research backgrounds are provided in the domains of automotive engineering of electrical vehicles, indoor localization systems, and sustainable energy supply of urban quarters. It shows that the book provides selected analysis methods and processes sufficient for achieving reliable, safe, and to lesser extent also resilient systems by resorting to classical system analysis methods including their tailoring and expected extensions.