- There are three distinct items you must cover in this section, all laid out by the sub-sections in the software.

- Required Capability or Capabilities: Make sure you stay at the capability level—don’t get into potential solutions! Make sure they are specific and you ground them within the operational context.

- Discrete or Enduring: Assert whether future solutions would (or might) serve the Joint Force going forward on an enduring basis—or whether these capabilities are (or will be) suitable only to address a short-term shortfall or gap.

- Latest Acceptable Date: Assert a ‘deadline’ by which this capability gap must be addressed in order to prevent loss of life or mission failure.