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DfR must be targeted at researcher's real needs or it will not be used. This requires us to find out what those needs are and see how to meet them. This is an area that has many unknowns and it is easy to make false assumptions. But simply asking researchers what they want will not work since DfR is not bespoke software automating well known processes. It is a creative work that imagines what could be a good infrastructure for researchers. So we must create a design that is innovative but still grounded in satisfying real needs. In particular, we anticipate a new research life cycle that includes retaining and curating valuable data for future researchers. Since we are designing a software infrastructure in the face of many unknowns we must use methodologies that help this project to reduce false assumptions and produce value. This section contains the work products of the agile requirements development methodologies that guide this project. In particular, this process is guided by Minimum Viable Products methods that balance ideas with reality.

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