Publisher Summary This chapter provides a checklist that summarizes some of salient points for the overall video surveillance system. These basic questions must be answered at the outset of any system design. The checklist concludes with a table that can be used as a startup questionnaire/form for the video project. The checklist has been divided to cover the general requirements and specific video equipment categories: electrical, mechanical, optical, cameras, or monitors. The video surveillance function requires a comprehensive analysis and site survey of the property and buildings to be protected. Prior to the start of any design, a detailed checklist should be generated and completed with the help of in-house security and management personnel and with outside consultants and any equipment integrators and installers that have been identified. The video project checklist form can be used as a starting point for any video surveillance application. It is divided into subsections covering the main categories of the project.