The first scheduled risk management course of 2023. Learn how to identify, analyse, evaluate, treat and monitor the risks associated with activities or events within your business with this year’s – Risk Management April 2023 course.
“A great opportunity for managers to understand and mitigate risks”
Online Risk Management Course
Businesses that have selected Cradle for their Risk management process can benefit from an in depth understanding on how Cradle can manage your risk process
Risk Management Course 18th to 19th April 2023
“The Risk Management course is designed for project team leaders or managers who administer and manage Risks.
The Cradle Risk Course focuses on providing an introduction to Risk Management in Cradle. We will start by setting up the schema for a small example and use this to manage the risks and provide some example reports. In the final module, we provide a worked example.
However, if you have a larger team or wish to cover multiple topics, courses can be tailored and held at your premises / virtually depending on restrictions and requirements or online at a date and time to suit” see here.
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 – Risk Management April 18th – 19th 2023 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com.
The second scheduled risk management course of 2023. Learn how to identify, analyse, evaluate, treat and monitor the risks associated with activities or events within your business with this year’s – Risk Management October 2023 course.
“A great opportunity for managers to understand and mitigate risks”
Online Risk Management Course
Businesses that have selected Cradle for their Risk management process can benefit from an in depth understanding on how Cradle can manage your risk process.
Risk Management Course 24th to 25th October 2023
“The Risk Management course is designed for project team leaders or managers who administer and manage Risks.
The Cradle Risk Course focuses on providing an introduction to Risk Management in Cradle. We will start by setting up the schema for a small example and use this to manage the risks and provide some example reports. In the final module, we provide a worked example.
However, if you have a larger team or wish to cover multiple topics, courses can be tailored and held at your premises / virtually depending on restrictions and requirements or online at a date and time to suit” see here.
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 – Risk Management October 24th – 25th 2023 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com.
3SL are offering a number of Cradle public training courses in 2023.
Online Cradle Training
Public courses are ideal for companies:
with a small number of candidates
starting to use Cradle but not needing an industry tailored course
using more advanced features
These courses are an alternative to the tailored, industry/implementation specific consultancy and training offered by 3SL. This makes for a cost effective solution, where you’ll benefit from all the normal learning, with the advantage that a public course will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries.
Following feedback our online courses have been split into smaller part day sections (a two day course will now be delivered over four ½ days). This will allow candidates a longer break from training screens and more of an opportunity to put in practice some of the topics covered. When returning to the following session any questions can then be resolved.
This calendar is subject to change. Courses may be added removed or altered depending on demand. Booking will become available through the website shop for credit/debit card transactions prior to each course. For purchase orders and transfer payments please contact 3SL.
This newsletter contains 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 3SL and Cradle can deliver real and measurable benefits that help you to improve the information flow within, the quality and timeliness of, and the traceability, compliance and governance for, all of your current and future projects.
If you have any problems in your use of Cradle, please do not hesitate to contact 3SL Support here.
Artemis I
Artemis I Launch
Cradle has been an integral part of the Constellation and Artemis programmes for many years, being central to the toolchains in both government and in industry.
We would like to extend our congratulations to NASA’s Exploration Systems Development mission directorate for the successful launch of Artemis I.
Follow the progress of the Artemis I mission through NASA.
32-Bit vs 64-Bit
For our next major release – Cradle-8.0 – we propose to remove support for:
32-bit Windows
32-bit Microsoft Office
32-bit Linux
We would like to know if this would have adverse effects for any of our current customers and any potential customers. If you believe that removing 32-bit support from Cradle would affect you or your company, then please send your views and opinions to 3SL Supporthere.
Cradle-8.0 will not be released until mid 2023 at the earliest.
New User Training Course
We have a new training course available: Cradle User Course. This course is ideal for:
Anyone who is new to Cradle and needs an overview
Anyone who is joining a team that has been using Cradle for some time
Anyone who has not used Cradle for some time and needs to update their skills
Configuration Management in Cradle, including baselines, workflows, simple reviews, team reviews, formal change, audit trail and how to advance information to the next stage within their lifecycle
The UK government provides the G-Cloud procurement framework for its departments and agencies. G-Cloud 13 is the latest instance of that framework, agreement number RM1557.13, and is available between 9th November 2022 and 8th November 2023.
G-Cloud used to be delivered through the Digital Marketplace. In its latest form, G-Cloud is being delivered through the Public Procurement Gateway (PPG) managed by the Crown Commercial Services (CCS). You can find G-Cloud 13 in the PPG here.
3SL is pleased to announce that we have been accepted into G-Cloud 13, and that Cradle is available as a variety of SaaS services through Lot 2 in this framework, and a range of training and consultancy services are available through Lot 3.
Cradle SaaS Services
A wide range of SaaS services are available through G-Cloud 13 Lot 2. For a summary of this Lot, please see here.
Each service includes Cradle licences, a user-configurable schema, and a comprehensive support package. The SaaS can be delivered for both UNCLASSIFIED (IL0) and OFFICIAL (certified IL3) deployments. The services are:
Agile Collaboration
Agile Software Development
Agile Software Management
Application Lifecycle Development
Application Lifecycle Management
Business Analysis
Business Process Modelling
Defect Tracking
Enterprise Architecture
Integrated Risk Management
Integrated Test Management
Lifecycle Management
MBE Model Based Engineering
MBSE Model Based Software Engineering
MBSE Model Based Systems Engineering
Requirements and Testing
Requirements Engineering
Requirements Management
Risk Assessment
Risk Compliance
Risk Management
SysML Modelling
Systems Engineering
Test Execution
Test Management
Test Planning
UML Modelling
The PPG infrastructure is still in development. CCS have advised that direct links to individual services in the G-Cloud Lots will be available at the end of this year. 3SL will post an update when such links become available.
In the meantime, please contact 3SL here to discuss acquiring a Cradle SaaS through G-Cloud.
Cradle Training/Consultancy
A range of configurable services are available to support a Cradle deployment through G-Cloud 13 Lot 3. For a summary of this Lot, please see here.
These services are:
Consultancy
Administration Training
Fundamentals Training
Advanced Lifecycle Training
The PPG infrastructure is still in development. CCS have advised that direct links to individual services in the G-Cloud Lots will be available at the end of this year. 3SL will post an update when such links become available.
In the meantime, please contact 3SL here to discuss Cradle training and consultancy services through G-Cloud.
3SL would also like to thank all of our customers, evaluators and potential customers who have found the time to send feedback on our services, such as evaluations, training courses, Cradle support and so on.
We understand how busy you are.
Your responses are essentialto help us both monitor and seek to improve the services we provide to you.
Data integrity refers to the accuracy, completeness and reliability of data stored within your Cradle database. Checking database integrity is important as it guarantees both the traceability and searchability of your data. It also increases the performance and stability of your data. Maintaining the integrity of your data is essential. As you collect more and more data within your Cradle project, it is a priority to maintain the integrity of this data, otherwise the data is worthless.
Error checking ensures that your Cradle data hasn’t been compromised, e.g. during upgrades/imports etc. We recommend that integrity checks are done on a regular basis.
In Cradle, there are a couple of ways to check the integrity of your database:
Please note that these checks must only be run when there are NO other users active in the database. If you are in doubt as to whether you are the only user active in the database, then DO NOT run these checks. If you do, damage can occur.
Item Integrity
The Item Integrity option allows you to perform integrity checks on your Cradle database. This option is available from the Project tab in WorkBench:
Item Integrity dialog
The Frame Version Checks detect missing versions of any frames or missing records in any version of any frame for the item type specified. Errors can be fixed using the Fix button.
There are many Item Checks which are explained here.
Many of these checks can be made subject to one of the following scopes:
Superseded or retired – Selects items with a status of S (Superseded) or T (Retired)
Latest baseline – Selects items with a status of B (Open Baseline)
Deleted – Selects items with a status of D (Deleted)
Current – All current items
If you want to produce a report of the item integrity check, ensure to select the Generate a report checkbox.
Cross Reference Integrity
The Cross Reference Integrity Check option checks the cross references in your Cradle database.
Cross Reference Integrity dialog
The current set of cross references is scanned to find any cross references that are invalid. Any cross reference is only counted once in these checks. So if a cross reference is dangling and also invalid, it will only appear once in the counts.
When the integrity check has been ran you have the following options:
Fix – Fix the cross references
Export – Export the group to a CSV file
List – List the group individually
Delete – Delete the cross references from the group
The Fix and Delete options for privileged users must only be run when there are no other active users in the database. If you are in any doubt, do NOT run these operations.
If you want to produce a report of the cross reference integrity check, ensure to select the Generate error report checkbox.
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.
Are you upgrading/updating your servers? Here we explain moving Cradle projects from an old server to a new server. There are two ways to do this:
Moving projects to a new server with the same Cradle version
Moving projects to a new server and upgrading to a new Cradle version
Both of these scenarios are detailed below.
Please note if users have Personal definitions, e.g. if they are are using Sessions, these will either need to be copied or exported and imported to the new server. Personal definitions are located in $CRADLEHOME\admin\definitions\personal and the folders have the users names. If copying the definitions they need to be placed in the same location within the personal folder.
New Server with Same Cradle Version
If you are not upgrading Cradle at this time, this is really simple to do.
Create the Cradle projects on the new server with the same project code as previously created on the old server. Ensure the pathname is the location where the databases will be stored.
Create Project dialog
Copy the contents of the Cradle projects on the old server to the new server. The directory contains all of the data including user profiles, project setup, definitions etc.Project Contents
New Server with New Cradle Version
If you are upgrading the Cradle version as well as migrating to a new server, this is slightly more complex.
The safest method (although can be time consuming) is to create export files of the existing Cradle databases and then import them into the new server installation.
When exporting the information from the “old” server, ensure Owner is set to Everything as shown below:
Once the new version of Cradle has been installed on the new server, you need to create the Cradle projects on the new server.
In the new project you can then import the data exported from the old server . When importing, ensure Owner is set to As in file, Overwrite is set to On and the top four validation checkboxes are selected:
Repeat this for all projects
Another way to achieve this is to copy the project directories from the old server on to the new server and then manually convert the projects.
Create the Cradle projects on the new server with the same project code as previously created on the old server with the pathname being the location where the databases will be stored.
Create Project dialog
Copy the contents of the Cradle projects on the old server and overwrite the contents of the newly created projects on the new server. The directory contains all of the data including user profiles, project setup, definitions etc.
Manually run the necessary converters to ensure the new projects are in the same format as the new Cradle version installed. Please note this may be several converters if converting from a much older version.
Note: Please ensure the projects have been converted BEFORElogging in.
