3SL is pleased to advise that we released the Cradle Roadmap in October 2009. This is available for download from the Customer area in our website.

Cradle supports the full systems development lifecycle in one integrated product. This unique coverage means that there are four aspects to Cradle’s evolution:

• Improved coverage, delivering support to parts of the lifecycle not fully addressed in earlier releases
• Functionality, to deliver more features in a part of the lifecycle where Cradle already has support
• Architecture and interoperability, to support new operating platforms or new or improved tool data/control integration with other tools and environments
• Usability, to make the existing features even easier to use

3SL is committed to evolve Cradle in all of these respects and in doing so to communicate our future plans for Cradle as clearly as we can.

We understand that organisations have large and complex IT architectures and need to plan the evolution of their IT infrastructure very carefully. In particular:

• Changes in the host IT platform can render applications inoperable
• Application upgrades can force changes to the IT platform for which the organisation is not yet ready
• Application upgrades need to be carefully planned and a migration plan developed
• IT resources are generally scarce and all IT activities need to be prioritised
• If IT has been out-sourced or run as a cost or profit centre, application upgrades can be a project cost and have to be justified

3SL responds to these challenges with:

• Fixed release dates
• Advanced notices of release contents

Roadmap

We will fix the dates of Cradle releases. We will provide increasingly detailed commitments on the contents of releases. This information will be communicated through the roadmap, both in this document and in other 3SL notices.

The Cradle Roadmap defines:

• The next releases and their dates
• The predicted content of the release
• The confidence level of this prediction, as: Intended, Expected or Guaranteed

Major Releases

3SL commits to providing not less than one new release at the start of July each year. These will be major releases providing substantial new functionality.

Interim Releases

3SL will provide at most 2 interim releases each year, but only where such releases will assist customers’ project schedules.

Patch Releases

3SL will provide patch releases to correct any defects that could either damage customer data or which could prevent Cradle being used.

Roadmap Updates

3SL will update the Cradle Roadmap quarterly. We will announce these updates in these newsletters and in other 3SL notices where appropriate.

1. 3SL Newsletters
2. Newsletter Contents
3. New 3SL Website
4. Need Help?
5. New Distributor in China
6. New Cradle Gateway Module Soon
7. Credit Card Processing
8. Improved Discounts for UK Customers
9. Cradle Roadmap
10. Cradle-6.1 Release
11. Startup Guide
12. Supported Platforms
13. Serious Word 2007 Bug
14. Serious Citrix and Office 2007 Problems
15. AVG Incorrectly Reports Virus
16. International Office 2003 Install Problem
17. Web Browser Settings for Cradle Help
18. Old Versions of Cradle

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