Happy New Year
Welcome one and all to 2018!
Have you got used to writing that on a cheque yet? Oh dear, showing my age, can anyone remember when they last wrote a cheque? Come to think of it, when was the last time you actually WROTE the date, rather than just clicking a calendar icon on an app……. Answers on a postcard to 3SL at the usual address.…. or
social-handwritten_dates@threesl.com for a chance to get a mention in next month’s newsletter.
With regard to cheques and all things banking just another reminder to check you’ve updated 3SL banking details, in accordance with the changes brought into UK banks through the ring fencing process, posted here.
New Year’s Resolution
We all make promises to ourselves, many we find hard to keep. Yet another sucker falls for the gym membership sign up and then decides binge watching that box-set is easier/more enjoyable/cheaper. It does really seem like the worst time of year to be making decisions to be getting out and about exercising. (Apologies, again, to our customers on the other side of the globe – read this again in 6 months !).
One resolution that should be easier to keep is to start afresh with plans for current and new projects. We’ve had time to allow our heads to clear over the Christmas break and should be facing work with a new vigour. Planning is the key to ensuring schedules and expectations are met. This may seem like a very un-Cradle® plug, what’s planning got to do with modelling and requirements? The answer is in fact quite a lot. Without a project management plan and schedule how would the capture, design, review and test be achieved in the right order? A Work Breakdown Structure can be used to segment activities, and component parts of a project into manageable chunks. The ability to link a plan from Microsoft® Project brings together the planning and implementation elements of your project. For more information see the Cradle Help on Project Capture
GDPR
If you missed our initial update on the new general data protection regulations, you may like to look in December’s Newsletter. Please don’t forget to look out for requests to opt into communication updates from 3SL.
Social Media
We pondered whether anyone could model the human gut / brain interface with System Engineering techniques.
We looked at how meeting today’s energy requirements are changing through solar train power and floating solar cells.
Hints of the Month
Last month’s blog articles included:
Outputting a tree’s leaf nodes through Document Publisher
How the holistic view is incorporated in a model.
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144 – It was Fibonacci Day and we marked it looking at some Cradle calculations.
You can read Hints & Tips in the 3SL Blog