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As explained in previous posts, the we are interested in the validation of our PABRE approach and the tools that support it.

What do we want from industry? We distinguish three different collaboration scenarios, depending on the desired interaction among all the parties and the exploitation of the offered assets:

• Free experimentation. For organizations interested on exploring our framework. We would provide demo versions of the catalogue and the tool, the method and off-line training support. The organization will be allowed to use these assets for an established period of time. At the end, the organization will fill a feedback form (short questionnaire) and present in a 2-hour wrap-up meeting.  
• Guided experimentation. For organizations interested on using our framework in a specific project without any modification. We would provide the catalogue, the tool and the method and a 4-hour training to the project team. The organizations will be allowed to use the assets for an established project, and during it we will provide support under request and agreed terms. At the end of the project there will be an assessment meeting and an assessment report of the experience will be written by the organization. Also the requirement book resulting from the project will be made available to us.
• Assets customization. For organizations that want to customize our assets for their specific context. The scope both in domain and time will be negotiable. The assets to customize may be: 
• The catalogue, both by: a) including new patterns or modifying the existing ones, b) changing the shape that a pattern may take (e.g., to link requirement patterns to test suites or test strategies), 
• The tool, adding or modifying existing functionalities or import/export capabilities (e.g., to export the requirements to some requirement management tool), 
• The method, by thinking on a specific context of use. 

In all of these situations, an individual study will be made to determine the details of the collaboration (e.g., schedule, charging schema, etc.), and the collaboration would be formalized with a signed agreement.