A coherent set of requirements have been developed for the DTOceanPlus suite of design tools based on analysis of gaps between the current state-of-the-art tools, learning from the DTOcean project, and the stakeholder expectations identified in the user consultation exercise.
The requirements in this document are split into general requirements for the overall suite of tools, and specific requirements (functional, operational, user, interfacing, and data) for each of the design tools that will be developed as part of this, which are split by work package and task. They will act as user specifications for the tool development work packages, and will focus the development effort to best meet the needs of the ocean energy industry. Subsequent tasks of the DTOceanPlus project will develop these requirements into more detailed technical requirements and software specifications, prior to software coding and integration, then testing and validation.