This presentation shows the process a team should use to initiate a design project based on the needs of the customer. The VRS project supports the future integration and development needs of four combat platforms (Abrams, AMPV, Bradley, and Stryker) and TARDEC’s PM CVP. For this presentation, and to simplify the explanation, the TRADOC developed capability for Silent Watch is used to demonstrate the processes of analyzing Capability Description Documents (CDD), creating and deriving good requirements, allocating them to specific functions and activities, describing those activities to the lowest level, designing, building, and eventually testing.