Change Requests (CHRs) which are concerned with general statements of the issue to be addressed, or the problem to be solved, or the defect to be corrected
Change Tasks (CHTs) which are concerned with the mechanics of implementing and effecting the change(s) required by one or more CHRs
Both CHRs and CHTs are distinct types of items in the Cradle database and can contain any number of frames. As with standard item types, CHRs and CHTs are provided with some default frames to populate when raising either the CHR or CHT. These are TEXT and NOTES where TEXT is a mandatory frame as this provides the detail.
However, you can also specify in Project Setup whether these item types have any additional frames defined. This can be:
Text
Graphic
Word
PDF
or any other format defined as a frame type:
Project Setup showing Item Types tab
Frame Setup dialog for Change Requests
You can also specify the frames to be mandatory so that the CHR or CHT cannot be raised until those frames are populated. As you can see in the example above the Mandatory checkbox is selected for the JUSTIFICATION frame.
This allows you to ensure that all information is provided for your formal changes.
Welcome to the October 2022 newsletter from 3SL that provides a mixture of news and technical information about us, and our requirements management and systems engineering tool “Cradle”. We would especially like to welcome everyone who has purchased Cradle in the past month and those who are currently evaluating Cradle for their projects and processes.
We hope that we, and Cradle, can deliver real and measurable benefits to all of the exciting development projects that we see every day through your regular contacts with our support team. If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to contact 3SL support here.
32-Bit vs 64-Bit
For our next major release – Cradle-8.0 we are considering stopping support for:
32-bit Windows
32-bit Microsoft Office
32-bit Linux
We would like to understand if this affects any of our current customer’s and potential prospects. If you can find the time, please provide your views/opinions to our Support Team at support@threesl.com.
Please note that Cradle-8.0 will not be released until mid 2023 at the earliest.
Upcoming Training Courses
We still have places left on our two remaining Cradle training courses this year.
The next scheduled course is the Cradle Document Publisher course. The dates are 17th to 20th October. Document Publisher is a Windows® based publishing tool that allows professional documentation to be produced directly from the data within your project’s database. Fully understanding how to configure templates and data manipulation will offer the best output for you to provide to your stakeholders, customers, regulators and other interested parties.
The last scheduled course of 2022 is the Cradle Requirements Managementcourse. The dates of this course are 21st to 24th November. This is a great opportunity for small teams, or a couple of new team members to get started with RM and Cradle.
Both courses are conducted over four ½ days.
Don’t miss out! To book a place on one of our online courses please click here!
Training Course Calendar 2023
We are currently preparing our training course calendar for 2023. This will be available soon.
The courses available in 2023 are:
Project Administration:Cradle Training Courses
January and July
User:
January and July
Requirements Management:
February and August
Document Publisher:
March and September
Risk Management:
April and October
Test Management:
May and November
Configuration Management:
June and December
Dates to be confirmed.
Making SWIFT Payments
Recently we have noticed some minor issues with receiving swift payments. If payments are to be made by SWIFT using a MT103 instruction, please ensure Field 71A is set to OUR instead of SHA.
We also paid our respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Thank You
3SL would also like to thank all of our customers/evaluators/prospects who have found the time to send feedback on our services, e.g. training courses, Cradle support etc. We understand how busy you are, but these responses help us to both monitor and look to improve the services we provide to you. Thank you.
