From concept to creation
Noteworthy news articles about Structured Software Systems Limited (3SL) , Cradle, or related customer / industry stories.
Apparently it’s #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
It appears that this dog understands the importance of Requirements Management just as much as we do here at 3SL.
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Some might say you’d be “barking” mad not to!
As we eat our way through natural resources, our ever increasing hunger for power has to be fed.
One of the most significant developments of recent years has been the size and efficiency and installation methods used for wind farms. Global Wind Day 15th June (#GlobalWindDay) as defined by GlobalWindDay.org seeks to highlight and celebrate these successes.
Here at 3SL towers, we’re only a stones throw away from one of the world’s largest offshore wind-farms. Situated 15 Km off the coast it’s a great example of large scale engineering. Walney 1 and Walney 2 farms have a combined capacity of 367MW. Over 100 turbines in depths of water of around 20m it was quite an undertaking. Undersea cables bring the power ashore across Morecambe Bay towards Heysham.
There are so many aspects to consider when planning a project. The more complex and the greater the importance of good requirements management. However, that’s not to say that you don’t need to manage requirements for small projects. This is why we believe it is important to offer the same functionality for single users all the way to full enterprise deployments. So whether you are planning a small scale windmill atop your holiday cottage, or a grand scale farm, Cradle could be the tool for you. Starting at €349 (June2018 price) , there’s no excuse for ‘just writing it in a document‘ and a ‘couple of spread sheets‘ shop now or contact us for enterprise licensing.
The system should allow the placement of as many bubbles of air in two nets within a 90 minutes. The system should compare and display the result.
When initially modelled their appears to be a large inefficiency in the acquisition phase of the singular data item, or bubble of air, or ‘ball’ as it is sometimes referred to.
By planning some tasks in parallel it is possible to improve the efficiency. The provision of multiple bubbles and the removal of contention provides a much smoother and more efficient operation.
Maybe there are other aspects that had not been considered, and are difficult to model. Contention in this scenario can be regarded as entertainment. Not something that is easy to model in an eFFBD! #WorldCupRussia2018
If you have any coffee break thoughts on system modelling the World Cup 2018 , maybe you could share! social-customer@threesl.com
Under the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) we’ve updated our (Structured Software Systems Limited – 3SL) Privacy Policy.
This sets out how we we deal with your information, and how you can get in touch with us.
We fully intend to keep in touch with all our customers, and prospects for which we have a legitimate business interest, or a need to service your contract.
If you believe you no longer fall into these categories, please use the un-subscribe link on any of our emails or write to us at our UK Headquarters www.threesl.com/contact or email privacy@threesl.com.
A man walked into a coffee shop to order himself a drink.
Barista said “Wha’ d’ you want?”, before he’d had time to think.
“I’ll take a cappuccino, please, with sprinkles and a sugar or two”
“No prob’s I’ll have that in a jiffy, ready and tasty for you.
Just so I can make sure, you get your chosen drink,
I’ll need your name upon this cup, he said without a blink.
“That’s personally identifiable information, mate, which is mine to keep.
But if I know you’ll handle it right, a soundly I will sleep.
Can you show me your Privacy Policy, that’s in-line with GDPR,
if you can’t I’ll go to the drive-through down the road, in my little car”
The policy was provided, all typed up and neat,
All twenty six pages of it, hardly what you’d call a treat.
At the end the man was happy his named cup in bold,
would be retained no longer than necessary, but by then, his coffee, was cold!
According to Wikipedia the Chocolate Chip Cookie has been with us since 1936. It’s an enhancement to an already tasty treat. #ChocolateChipDay
Its a reminder to all designers and engineers, you don’t have to re-invent the wheel to create a new project. Work from something you know and enhance it.
It’s not just chocolate chips we want to know about. If you want to make a suggestion to social-customer@threesl.com as to what you would add, we’ll compile a list and may update this post!
Generic suggestions allowed e.g. “I’d add rhubarb to my cookies” but if you want to tell us about your company’s product “We’d like music to play when you draw diagrams in Cradle”, please email from a corporate email address. Include your name or moniker.
Whether you are eligible or not to vote in Local Elections 2018, and whichever way you decide to vote, don’t forget you can always vote Cradle from 3SL!
Create a good standing for your requirements and system models from the first concept to the final creation choose the right tool for the job.
3SL customers with active maintenance have been sent an e-mail notification of this release, and details of which enhancement requests and bug reports are in it.
This release contains a range of new capabilities that are described in its release notes:
https://www.threesl.com/downloads/download.php?version=v7.4§ion=documentation&filename=rm00780-V74ReleaseNotes.pdf
Some of the highlights are:
It is available from our website here: https://www.threesl.com/downloads/software.php
You need a new Security Code for Cradle-7.4, other Security Codes cannot be used. There is a database conversion from 7.3 to 7.4. The converter will run automatically if you install Cradle-7.4 over the top of, in the same directory as, the earlier version of Cradle from which you are upgrading.
You must upgrade all Cradle installations to 7.4. Cradle-7.3 clients cannot connect to a Cradle-7.4 server, and a Cradle-7.4 server cannot serve Cradle-7.3 clients.
We hope that you will welcome the new capabilities in Cradle-7.4!
We hope you’ll agree that Cradle is already a great value package in any of its single user or enterprise versions. It combines a hugely powerful Requirements Management tool for massively scalable requirements engineering, with Model Based Systems Engineering capabilities (MBSE). From the initial inception of your project through the elicitation, analysis, design, testing and documentation phases of your project, Cradle is there to support you. With this birthday offer we’re giving you even better value, or offering to support a charity – see ‘Enterprise licences’.
Use the special discount voucher code to get £30** off any single user product. If you’re not already on the latest version of Cradle, this is an ideal opportunity to upgrade.
All you need to do is enter the ‘secret’ £30** discount voucher code in the “Discount Code” field at the bottom of the shop checkout page.
Need help finding a discount voucher? (Look closely!!)
We will offer £30** off EACH licence purchased during the offer period. This may be taken as a discount from your invoice or you can nominate a registered charity of your choice and 3SL will make an equivalent donation. If you find your project is expanding and you add a single REQ licence for another engineer you can claim one £30** discount / donation. If you are buying a new set of licences for a project say 5-REQ, 2-SYS and 1-DASH that’s a total of 8*£30 = £240 off the licence cost, or a lovely donation to a charity of your choice.
Celebrating world amateur radio day, we look at the way pre internet, radio shrunk the world. Using a variety of frequencies to transmit locally, or over long distances, radio ‘hams’ passed messages round the world long before there was Twitter, SMS or even phone calls. Relays passed on messages acting as go-betweens in the same way our major backbone carriers pass our messages today. However, it was all a little more civilised and ‘human’ rather than a hub of computers and machine readable protocol.
So “CQ from 3SL, calling CQ three sierra lima and listening” “Hello all on World Amateur Radio Day 2018! ” To find out more about your local radio society, head over to your countries associations. International Amateur Radio Union Radio Society of Great Britain and local to us here in Cumbria Furness Amateur Radio Society
Odd to celebrate something that didn’t happen. However, a large asteroid missing the Earth by 500,000 miles in 1989 is probably something to be thankful for!
We celebrate every time we are able to deflect word processors and spreadsheets away from engineers and businesses trying to achieve requirements management.
Ensure you use the right tools for the job and don’t get tangled up in a bunch of uncontrolled, inadequately linked statements against which your project will be developed. Use the protection of a Requirements Management tool with a proven history, that can control, configure and provide full traceability. We’d obviously recommend Cradle! So take heed and ensure you don’t have a near miss day at work.