Elicitation of technical requirements in large research projects: The CERBERO approach

Technical Requirements (TRs) provide a “black box” conceptualization of the target project results with explicit verification tests. The goal of Technical Requirements Elicitation (TRE) is to ensure that all needs of involved stakeholders are being identified and adequately addressed without prescribing how to achieve them. Whilst TRE methodology in product or service development is well known, TRE in large research projects turns far too commonly into an ad-hoc process carried out without the support of a common, solid methodology. The objective of this paper is to propose a methodology for identification of all stakeholders in research projects and their needs based on experience of Horizon 2020 project CERBERO.