The Capability Viewpoint (CV) supports the process of analyzing and optimizing the delivery of capabilities in line with DoD’s strategic intent. The CV achieves this by capturing essential elements of DoD’s strategic vision and concepts and other capability planning processes, and decomposing this data into a capability taxonomy. The taxonomy is augmented with schedule data and measures of effectiveness to enable the analysis of capability gaps and overlaps. The CV also details the dependencies between capabilities, enabling capability options to be built in a more coherent manner.