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Brighten Up Your Day

Things may get dark outside for some today with the eclipse 2017. However,  a real #MondayMotivation would be knowing you have the right tools for the job in the week ahead. Don’t be left in the dark, head over to 3SL and make sure you have your copy of Cradle. Be enlightened to the benefits of Requirements Management and Systems Engineering, whatever your task – Be in Control.

For more information about Eclipse 2017on 21st August 2017,  visit the NASA website site.

It’s Friday 30th June and it’s National Cream Tea Day

National Cream Tea Day celebrates a very British tradition of tea and scone. There is a long ‘ranging’ debate as to whether the clotted cream should be spread first then the jam or the jam first followed by cream. This debate has separated Devon and Cornwall for years!

From a design point of view, we offer the following:

• If using clotted cream instead of butter, then it can be spread first with a small dollop of jam atop.
• If you are using whipped cream then it always has to go on after the jam.

Our Extended Functional Flow Block Diagram (eFFBD) allows the user to choose the Devon or Cornwall route. Flexibility in a system’s functions is a crucial part of modelling. Now if you have that #FridayFeeling – go and enjoy a cream tea.

Feel free to share our post with #NationalCreamTeaDay

Annually on June 27 National Sunglasses day commemorates the importance of wearing ultraviolet (UV)-protective  eye-wear #NationalSunglassesDay

It is time to stop viewing Requirements Management through rose tinted spectacles.

If you really believe office tools are up to the job of helping plan and manage your most important developments, you could be looking through rose tinted spectacles.

All too often it is believed that a spreadsheet or word-processor document is sufficient to manage a set of requirements. Only when a project is asked to change a requirement or how they intend to test a feature do things become unstuck.

If a single component is used in a number of places in the project (whether this is a nut or a software module) how easy is it to find all the places that may need attention when the supplier changes the specification?

If something fails, how simple is it to get from the design backwards to the requirement that it was derived from or forwards to the test case that was used to demonstrate it?

Do yourself a favour on National Sunglasses Day 2017 and buy a shiny and bright requirements management tool ! Cradle for all your Requirements and Systems Engineering needs.

http://nationalsunglassesday.com/sunglasses/about/

Don’t panic

Wherever you are in the universe, as Douglas Adams wrote, “Don’t Panic”. We all like a bit of comfort and security, and if that means taking a towel with you that’s fine.

However, if you would like the comfort and security knowing you requirements and designs are fully covered, and traceable, may we suggest Cradle might be better?

Cradle Giveaway

WINNER!

@FPreobrazhensky

@baguetteio– Unclaimed prize by 07/06/2017

Congratulations on being selected to receive a copy of Cradle RM Desktop.

#FreebieFriday

#FreebieFriday to win £249^* worth of Requirements Management Software

To enter:  Retweet this – 3SL giveaway Tweet and Follow @threesl on Twitter

The prize consists of one licence for the current version of Cradle RM Desktop. The features of which are defined on our products page. Support is 7 day installation assistance after download.

*The value of the prize is that defined on 01/05/2017 in the Cradle shop.

This is a free to enter draw. Entry is open between 9:00am 01/05/2017 GMT and 23:59 GMT on #FreebieFriday 05/05/2017

The draw will take place on Monday 08/05/2017 before 10:00 eligible entrants must have retweeted and followed @threesl

Terms and Conditions

1. The promoter is: 3SL (Structured Software Systems Ltd.)  Suite 2, 22a Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1HH UK Registered in England: 2153654
2. Employees of Structured Software Systems Limited or their registered distributors, or their family members or anyone else connected in any way with the competition or helping to set up the competition shall not be permitted to enter the competition.
3. Entrants must be 16 years or older.
4. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
5. The cost of Tweeting to enter and communications for the winner and downloading software are not covered.
6. Route to entry for the competition and details of how to enter are via Twitter.
7. Closing date for entry will be 23:59 GMT on 05/05/2017.  After this date/time no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
8. No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason. ‘Receipt of entry’ shall be classed entrants showing in the list of @threesl followers on Twitter at the time of the draw and a notification of retweet from Twitter. If there is a doubt as to the timing of these events, the time stamped notification email from Twitter shall be used to decide.
9. The rules of the competition are described here on the 3SL website and the Tweet shall only be considered as an ‘invite to enter’.
10. The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
11. No cash alternative to the prize will be offered. The prize is not transferable. Prize is subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
12. A winner will be chosen at random (based on a third party random number generation)  from all entries received and verified by staff of the promoter.
13. The winner will be notified by a direct Twitter message within 28 days of the closing date. The winners details will be posted on the 3SL Website and via a Tweet and any other social media promotion chosen by the promoter. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 7 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
14. The promoter will notify the winner how the prize can be downloaded and activated.
15. The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
16. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
17. The winner agrees to the use of his/her name / (Twitter ID) and image in any publicity material. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent.
18. The winner’s name (chosen Twitter ID)  will be available 28 days after closing date by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the following address: 3SL (Structured Software Systems Ltd.)  Suite 2, 22a Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1HH.
19. Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
20. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Twitter or any other Social Network. Interactions on Twitter are governed by their privacy rules. All other information supplied is to 3SL and not to any other party. The information provided will be used in conjunction with the standard 3SL Privacy Policy.