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2020 was not a year that many of us were expecting or would wish for. Our thoughts to all that have been affected by Covid 19.
Our wishes for a healthier, happier and productive new year.
So raise a glass to – You, Cradle, projects and success. Cheers.
From the staff at 3SL.
Requirements Management and Model Based Systems Engineering capabilities (MBSE) all combined in a tool for massively scalable engineering. Cradle is the hugely powerful software tool solution.
It is available in a number of single user versions, or as tailored multi user enterprise packages. You can own and install it yourself or opt for SaaS hosting. Act Now to take advantage of the Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 discount.
From the initial inception of your project through requirements elicitation, analysis, design, testing and documentation phases of your project, Cradle is there to support you. With this great 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 £100** off any single user product. If you already use a previous version of Cradle, this year’s Black Friday is an ideal opportunity to upgrade to the latest version.
All you need to do is enter the £100** discount voucher code in the “Discount Code” field at the bottom of the shop checkout page during the Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 flash deal.
We will offer £100** off EACH licence purchased during the offer period. For SaaS the discount will be taken off the per-user fee***. 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 £100** discount / donation. If you are buying a new set of licences for a project say 5-REQ, 2-SYS and 1-MET that’s a total of 8*£100 = £800 off the licence cost, or a lovely donation to a charity of your choice.
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The UK government Digital Market Place Cloud Software applications offer a wide range of software aimed at fulfilment of central and regional government contracts, government agencies’ work and local authority use. This ranges from Schools, education and libraries to Fault management, monitoring and alerting or Marketing . 3SL (Structured Software Systems Ltd.) are proud to announce that Cradle is available as SaaS through G-Cloud 12 for agile and phase-based projects under the Information and communications technology (ICT) services.
Cradle offers two packages Cradle Software as SaaS and Cradle Training and Consultancy.
The software package includes Cradle licences, a pre-defined schema and a comprehensive support package. This can be used in both unclassified (IL0) and OFFICIAL (certified IL3) deployments and covers the following elements:
Prices start from as little as £73.50 per user per month. Including EMail and phone support and full documentation included. Optional onsite support and training available. This can be supplied on Windows® or Linux®.
A wide range of user customisation is available including:
For details, see here:
or search for Cradle. For an overview of Cradle, see our video here: We look forward to helping you achieve success on your future projects, or migrating existing ‘manual’ or disparate works into a fully encompassed solution.
3SL are pleased to announce the dates for this year’s fourth training course – Document Publisher November 2020 “Once you have managed your requirements and development, producing a comprehensive report automatically based directly on the project data, provides an essential deliverable”
Businesses that have Cradle for their Requirements Management or Systems Engineering process can benefit from additional Cradle tools.
Document Publisher is a Windows® based publishing tool that allows professional documentation to be produced directly from the data within you project’s database. Fully understanding how to configure templates and data manipulation will offer the best output for you to provide to your stakeholders and customers, regulators and other interested parties.
Often the document production task is run by an individual or a very small team. This public online course will offer a cost effective way of providing training. You’ll benefit from all the normal learning, but will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries. However if you have a larger team courses can be tailored and held at your premises or online at a date and time to suit See here.
| Date | Subject | Venue | Cost | Pre-Requisites | Provision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th-12th November 2020 | Document Publisher | Online learning tutored course. | £475+VAT | PC/Laptop – internet browser & Cradle installed ** | Soft copy course materials, and printed certificate |
If you would like to be kept in touch with the details for this Training Course – Document Publisher November 2020, please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com
All courses are available for direct purchase online.
3SL are pleased to announce the dates for this year’s third training course – Requirements Management October 2020
“A great opportunity for small teams, or a couple of new team members to get started with RM and Cradle”
Businesses that are introducing Cradle and full Requirements Management processes into their operations, can book training for all aspects of the roll-out, from the basics through to specialist administration courses – See here. These courses are tailored and held at your premises and are ideal for getting a team up and running.
If, however, you have one or two people new to a project or only have a very small team, this may not be a viable solution. With 3SL’s public online courses, you’ll benefit from all the normal learning, but will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries. This can be a cost effective solution to get you up to speed with Cradle and Requirements Management.
| Date | Subject | Venue | Cost | Pre-Requisites | Provision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st-22nd October 2020 | Requirements Management | Online learning tutored course. | £475+VAT | PC/Laptop – internet browser & Cradle installed ** | Soft copy course materials, and printed certificate |
If you would like to be kept in touch with the details for this Training Course – Requirements Management October 2020, please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com
All courses are available for direct purchase online.
Continue reading “Public Online Training Course – Requirements Management October 2020”
JOSCAR (the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register) is a collaborative tool used by the aerospace, defence and security industry to act as a single repository for pre-qualification and compliance information. 3SL are pleased to be JOSCAR accredited.
Using JOSCAR can determine if a supplier is “fit for business”.
By being accredited by JOSCAR, our clients and prospective clients can be assured that we at 3SL meet the highest standards and are a “good fit” for your organisation. Our skills, experience and dedication are assured in delivering the best and most suitable product and support possible.
JOSCAR accreditation means that you can reduce the time, cost and resources and duplication needed to access the information you need to make a buying decision.
Benefits to Buyers
Benefits to Industry
3SL are proud to add JOSCAR to the list other credentials on our accreditations page
3SL are pleased to announce the dates for this year’s second training course – Document Publisher June 2020 “Once you have managed your requirements and development, producing a comprehensive report automatically based directly on the project data, provides an essential deliverable”
Businesses that have Cradle for their Requirements Management or Systems Engineering process can benefit from additional Cradle tools.
Document Publisher is a Windows® bases publishing tool that allows professional documentation to be produced directly from the data within you project’s database. Fully understanding how to configure templates and data manipulation will offer the best output for you to provide to your stakeholders and customers, regulators and other interested parties.
Often the document production task is run by an individual or a very small team. This public online course will offer a cost effective way of providing training. You’ll benefit from all the normal learning, but will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries. However if you have a larger team courses can be tailored and held at your premises or online at a date and time to suit See here.
| Date | Subject | Venue | Cost | Pre-Requisites | Provision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th-18th June 2020 | Document Publisher | Online learning tutored course. | £475+VAT | PC/Laptop – internet browser & Cradle installed ** | Soft copy course materials, and printed certificate |
If you would like to be kept in touch with the details for this Training Course – Document Publisher June 2020, please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com
All courses are available for direct purchase online.
For details of other courses on offer this year please see our training calendar. Continue reading “Public Online Training Course – Document Publisher June 2020”
This day celebrates the formal acceptance, by the World War II Allies, of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces in, 1945.
2020 marks the 75th year since this historic agreement was reached, ending years of battle of an unprecedented scale. However, it was a further three months before fighting ceased in Japan.
There are many fewer people these days with personal memories of the conflict and the final resolution. These special days help us remember the sacrifices made by so many on behalf of the countries for which they fought. Hopefully we learn from the problems of the past and use it to guide us to a peaceful future.
Today, of course, we have a different solider, the care worker, battling a different kind of enemy. So please make your celebrations of VE day known, but do so safely #StayHomeSaveLives. In memory of all those who, fought and died 3SL salutes you.
There are many ways to celebrate and a number of websites with details.
Whether you intend to mark respect with silence. Hold a tea party at home in place of the street party that should have been, or clear your throat to sing “We’ll meet again”. Here is the UK timetable.
11am: A two-minute silence to honour the service and sacrifice of the wartime generation and reflect on the impact of coronavirus across the world.
11.15am – britishlegion.org.uk:
3pm: National toast to the heroes of World War Two.
3.45pm – BBC Two: Scotland’s VE Day:
7pm – BBC One: A one hour special of the One Show dedicated to VE Day.
8pm – BBC One: Musical celebration.
8.30pm – ITV1: Documentary Captain Tom’s War
9pm – BBC One: Address by the Queen, broadcast at the same time her father, King George VI, gave a his radio address on May 8, 1945.
9.10pm – BBC One: Nation is invited to join a rendition of Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again“.
It’s 50 years since the launch of Earth Day, and now nearly 200 countries coordinate a celebration of our fabulous home, with an important message that we need to look after it.
We may be the current custodians of this planet, but we share it with many. To them and ourselves, we have a duty of care. This year more than ever has demonstrated our own fragility. It’s demonstrated how we’re maybe not as invincible as we like to believe. Nature can be a strange beast. Whilst we may not be able to control nature, we can do our bit to care for what we have and ensure we don’t damage it.
As designers, manufacturers and producers we need to consider how and whether what we engineer is beneficial and as non damaging to the environment as possible.
Whether you decide to; pick up that bit of litter on your exercise walk; choose a lower carbon or no meat meal; print double sided paper; leave the light off and the curtains open longer we can all make a difference. If the project you are working on uses resources, make sure you build environment requirements into your design. Make sure they assess and where possible lower the impact of the solution you choose.
Whilst during lock-down, it is not the most opportune time to be thinking about face to face training, we were interested to spot this little training aid. It should make classrooms and training seminars a lot easier for the tutor and teacher.
When a teacher or tutor approaches a student, they are often faced with their keyboard and screen upside down. This makes it very difficult to type and aid the student. However, with the release of the new open-source font Lip-Flaoor, the tutor is able to use the keyboard as if it is the right way round and the right characters will appear to the student. It is available from most good font factories.