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Noteworthy news articles about Structured Software Systems Limited (3SL) , Cradle, or related customer / industry stories.

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Successful Assessment – Cyber Essentials 2019 (inc GDPR)

Cyber Essentials

3SL are pleased to announce we have been successful in our assessment under the Cyber Essentials scheme for another year.

Cyber Essentials logo
Cyber Essentials logo

Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed, industry-supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against common online threats.

IASME

We have also been successful in our assessment for the IASME standard and in the assessment under GDPR.

IASME and GDPR Logo
IASME and GDPR Logo

The IASME Governance standard, based on international best practice, is risk-based and includes aspects such as physical security, staff awareness, and data backup. It is recognised as the best cyber security standard for small companies by the UK Government when in consultation with trade associations and industry groups.

These assessments should give you an added layer of confidence when dealing with 3SL. We would thoroughly recommend our customers use similar precautions for their businesses.  No matter how good your security, the unexpected may happen, a power loss to your server a broken water pipe flooding your machine room. So alongside good data security, we would also recommend a good backup plan for your Cradle data.

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Cradle-7.4.2 Released

3SL is pleased to announce the release of Cradle-7.4.2.

This is available for download from the 3SL website. This has some handy new features and fixes. Which are in place to improve your overall Cradle experience .

Cradle-7.4.2 is the latest patch release for Cradle-7.4, so is completely compatible with your 7.4 security code. Users with 7.4 do not need a new code and can download and install without charge. Users on older versions of Cradle, with maintenance, can move to this version at any time by requesting a new code from 3SL support.

Cradle 7.4.2
Cradle 7.4.2

 

New features

Matrix Item Attribute / Navigation Filtering

showing teams that transitively link to a requirement
Transitive Links

In a standard matrix, would show as a fully populated grid. However, whilst Team A does provide part of Service 1, they do not provide the element which satisfies Requirement 7 or any part of Requirement 10. Those are provided by Team B.

Showing all links even those not desired
Complete Matrix

Cradle has always provided the facility to add textual attributes to the cross reference between items. In this example, choosing the link between Service 1 and Requirement 7 we could add Team A to note that Team A provides that element of the service. The new feature lets you filter the matrix results in the transitive cells by adding a Regex filter to the navigation being followed. This will look for a match between the attribute of the item and the text in the cross reference. In this case looking for the item Identity will give the following result.

Showing the results of filtering the item attributes agains the cross reference attributes
Attribute Filtered Matrix

Cross Reference Attributes

Allow restriction to a set of pre-defined values. Allow replacement or append behaviour when selecting from a list.

TLS

Upgrade OpenSSL and TLS to support TLS v1.3

Adaptations

An improvement in the behaviour dealing with pre-existing adaptation links.

Fixes:

  • Issue when importing change history with overwrite set to on.
  • The symbol resize handles were not working correctly.

Full details of the fixes in this release are in the Cradle help.

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Happy Saint Andrew’s Day 2018

Wishing everyone a Happy Saint Andrew’s Day

We would like to wish all our customers, suppliers and followers a Happy Saint Andrew’s day 2018 from 3SL.

Whether a descendent of the Picts, Scots, or Angles, we hope the only battle today will be how best to model interactions in Cradle!

COD Collaboration Diagram

A Use Case is a class of interactions between actors in a UML model’s environment and the system. Each may be complex or compound and may require decomposition into simpler Use Cases. Each path through the possible options in a Use Case, (an  event flow) is called a scenario.

Scenarios can be described by a COD. This diagram  shows the details of the interaction of the environment and part(s) of the system.  On a UCD these are the external actors with the appropriate classes and their object instances. Each interaction is represented in terms of an exchange of messages. The COD focuses on clearly showing the totality of message transfers between all the actors and classes/object instances involved in the scenario. Similarly a SQD (Sequence diagram would be used to highlight the chronological ordering of the events.

Depicting the battle of Athelstaneford as a COD (Collaboration Diagram)
The Battle of Athelstaneford

Whilst the battle at Athelstaneford, is over simplified in this diagram, it still shows how a more detailed interaction of the whole Use Case can be illustrated. Therefore, if you ever want a reminder of why the Saltire of Saint Andrew was chosen as the emblem of Scotland…. The legend of the clouds vision to Óengus II COD diagram, may be a handy reminder. For more information see the Cradle help section for COD.

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Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2018

Flash Discount Sale

Great BlackFriday / CyberMonday deal for November 2018. Take advantage while you can!

Hurry Hurry Hurry, #BlackFriday / #CyberMonday deal

five pound notes
Five Pound Notes

We hope you’ll agree that Cradle is already a great value package in any of its single user or enterprise versions. It combines a hugely powerful Requirements Management tool for massively scalable requirements engineering, with Model Based Systems Engineering capabilities (MBSE). From the initial inception of your project through the 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’.

Single User Product Discount

Use the special discount voucher code to get £50** off any single user product. If you’re not already on the latest version of Cradle, this is an ideal opportunity to upgrade.

All you need to do is enter the  £50** discount voucher code in the “Discount Code” field at the bottom of the shop checkout page during the Friday to Monday flash deal.

Enterprise Licences

We will offer £50** off EACH licence purchased during the offer period. 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 £50** discount / donation. If you are buying a new set of licences for a project say 5-REQ, 2-SYS and 1-DASH that’s a total of 8*£50 = £400 off the licence cost, or a lovely donation to a charity of your choice.

Enter your code NOW!

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INCOSE – EMEA Sector Systems Engineering Conference 2018

INCOSE Systems Engineering Conference2018 

Monday 5th – Wednesday 7th November, 2018

INCOSE host the premier conference of systems engineering and related disciplines in Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA). If you would like to find out more about Cradle come and say “Hello” or “Guten Morgen / Guten Tag” to us at booth 20.

This year’s conference is at the Mercure Hotel, Stephanstraße, Berlin.

Follow INCOSE @incose_org on Twitter or talk about it with #emeasec

 

 

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SaaS not SaaS

Software As A Service (SaaS)

SaaS not SaaS, a rather confusing statement when you look at the use of acronyms. We can assure you that Cradle Software As A Service is what we mean. However, we’ve had a bit of fun looking at some of the other meanings.

Software as a Service (Saas) not Southend Amateur Angling Society
SaaS not Southend Amateur Angling Society

 

Shared or dedicated servers and not the lifesaving work of South Australian Ambulance Service.Software As A Service not South Australian Ambulance Service

SaaS not South Australian Ambulance Service

The full Cradle experience and not the promotion of science in agriculture offered by the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists

Software as a Service (Saas) and not Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists
SaaS not Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists

 

Cradle SaaS from Barrow but not to be confused with the historic Barrow-in-Furness product – Marsh’s Sass

Software as a Service not Marsh's Sass
SaaS not Marsh’s Sass

There’s a Cradle SaaS collection suitable for you, but if you’ve got a yawny #FridayFeeling, then maybe you need to look at the work of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service instead.

Software as a Service (Saas) not the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service
SaaS not Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service

Whilst today Jan 30th 2019 we’ve seen the first heavy snow flakes in Barrow, we can assure you there snow time like the present to get Cradle Software as a Service not Snow and a Shovel

Software as a ServieNOT Snow and a Shovel
SaaS NOT Snow and a Shovel

Mini Poll

Please answer our Mini Poll, whether you prefer the:

  • ownership, control and flexibility of software purchase,
  • simplified, outsourced benefits of a managed service.

Cradle

Our Requirements Management and Systems Engineering software is available in a number of S a a S flavours. For information of the subscription products see Subscriptions on the Products menu.

UPDATED: April 2020 – Image tags
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Cradle-7.4.1 Released

3SL is pleased to announce the release of Cradle-7.4.1.

This is available for download from the 3SL website. This has some handy new features and fixes. Which are in place to improve your overall Cradle experience .

Cradle-7.4.1 is the latest patch release for Cradle-7.4, so is completely compatible with your 7.4 security code. Users with 7.4 do not need a new code and can download and install without charge. Users on older versions of Cradle, with maintenance, can move to this version at any time by requesting a new code from 3SL support.

Cradle 7.4.1
Cradle 7.4.1

Some of the new features in this release are:

    • Non-model item symbols have now been added to non-SysML diagrams. Item types (requirements and system notes and cross references are represented as ) Item symbols,  Link symbols and Context symbols.
      Non-model item symbols
      Non-model item symbols

      Details on the new symbols are below;

    • The link symbol will be the obvious connector which can be drawn between any item symbol and any diagram object that has a description. For example a specification / system note. Link symbols can only be connected to item and context symbols.
    • The context symbol represents the system note in a diagram but is a container within which other object symbols can be attached. This will show the existence of cross references between the context symbols system note and the descriptions (system notes, data definitions and specifications) accordingly.

Fixes:

  • Memory leak when querying RTF frames has been removed.
  • Cradle help now opens in the default browser for Web Access.
  • SysML reports now run successfully within consistency checker.

To download the latest release please visit our website at www.threesl.com and login. Once you have logged in navigate to the Resources section to download this release.

Full details of the fixes in this release are in the Cradle help.

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Roald Dahl Day 2018

It’s Roald Dahl Day today 13/9/2018. A day to celebrate one of the best story tellers and writers of modern times with around 250 million books sold worldwide.

Stories

Stories tell a tale, something we can envisage and understand. They usually have a beginning introducing us to the situation, the main body describing the tale and an ending. (Whether a cliff hanger or tidy conclusion)

In business we often describe a process as a story. Sometimes formally (BPMN), or sometimes as a descriptive user story. This tells how the item, customer, (character or actor) interacts with their surroundings.

Often, as in the case with Dahl, the stories are further enhanced by pictures (often Blake) which bring the situation to life. Diagrams can be used to model your user stories and processes to encapsulate the current focus in that chapter of the system.

 

Illustration of component part associations in SysML for George's Maevellous Medicine
George’s Marvellous Medicine

Read and Enjoy

Whether you’re dreaming of revenge as George sought, cunfuddled as a Twit. If you are wishing you could jump into a chocolate stream with Charlie, or being spooked by the macabre story of ‘skin’,  remember stories are good for all. Children, adults (including business managers and engineers) all benefit from a story, whether for relaxation, or to help explain the complex. Go find a copy of a Roald Dahl and keep reading.

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Tour of Britain 2018 – Cradle Competition Day

Tour of Britain

Cycle from lum3n.com on Pexels
Tour Of Britain

We’re all excited here in Barrow-in-Furness as the Tour of Britain bike race starts here today.

We’ve got a great view from 3SL towers and will add a couple of pictures throughout the day.

Win a Copy of Cradle SE Pro with #Cradle and Tour of Britain

3SL_Logo_MediumLook for the TV/social media coverage. If you spot a 3SL logo in Barrow-in-Furness, follow us and send a tweet to @threesl with #Cradle and #TourofBritain telling us where the 3SL logo is physically displayed and  win an SE Pro worth £399* (first 50 correct tweets).
* Price valid as 07/09/2018.

Tour of Britain 2018 Pictures

setting up Tour of Britain Start at Barrow-in-Furness
Tour of Britain 2018 Setup
the spare bikes follow the race as cyclists moveoff
Support Bikes at the Ready
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