
Fig. 1
Steps from strategy to capabilities.

Fig. 2
The NATO Consultation, Command and Control (C3) Taxonomy of capabilities.

Fig. 3
Increments of the method when using the C3 Taxonomy. Operational level (pink), user-facing level (grey) and back-end COI level (orange).

Fig. 4
The NATO Network-Enabled Capability Maturity Levels and the NATO Networking and Information Infrastructure System Maturity Levels (abridged).

Fig. 5
Case 1: Epics and the capabilities they use.

Fig. 6
Case 2: Epics and the capabilities they use MSaaS, modelling and simulation as a service.

Fig. 7
Benefit points: Epics’ contributions to objectives. Operational level (pink), user-facing level (grey) and back-end level (orange). Fictitious example.

Fig. 8
Lower-level objectives’ contributions to higher-level objectives. Fictitious example.