Foreword

This guidebook presents guidance, resources and activities to help SMEs develop a detailed and refined trial proposal.

The guidebook has been developed by Connected Places Catapult, the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership. This guidebook consolidates previous Catapult knowledge and insights on trial design, development, and deployment. The consolidated guidebook is being trialled within the Innovate UK funded rail milestone programme, with the objective to be rolled out across all Catapult trialling and testing projects.

We welcome any feedback on the template and the guidebook to progress our approach and the support we provide.