Begin with a life-cycle environmental profile for the exact item: storage, handling, transport, installation, launch or takeoff, operation, maintenance and return. For each phase identify temperature, pressure or vacuum, humidity, contamination, vibration, shock, acoustics, acceleration, salt, sand, rain, radiation and nearby electromagnetic sources that can actually reach the item. Separate survival, operation and retained-performance limits.
Tailor each applicable method with axis, spectrum or waveform, level, rate, duration, dwell, sequence, margin, article configuration, operating mode, monitoring and pass criteria. Name the standard revision and approving authority, but do not use the standard title as a certification claim. The equipment boundary, enclosure, harness, mounting and thermal conditions must match the intended verification level.
Measure functional and RF parameters before exposure, during it where required, and afterward. Preserve fixture, cable, correction, uncertainty, serial, BOM, firmware and anomaly records. A visual survival check cannot prove gain, noise, phase, spectral purity, timing, connector integrity or calibration retention.