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

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Cradle SaaS

3SL Introduce ‘Cradle Subscriptions’ .

3SL are would like to announce our latest product. The Cradle Subscriptions option is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product that that provides access to 3SL’s requirements management and systems engineering tool Cradle using remote servers. There will be no need to install software on your own company systems.

Cradle Software As A Service
Cradle SaaS

Configurations

Cradle Enterprise offers huge flexibility in terms of the modules you can choose to licence and how many of each concurrent user you’ll need. This provides ultimate flexibility. In order to provide a hosted service and keep administration simple, Cradle ‘SaaS’ will be offered in four ‘flavours’ similar to the versions available as single user products. We offer the most popular licences in collection at a set ratio depending on the number of users.

So whether you are collating requirements, designing a system model, running a dashboard or publishing a document, there’s a SaaS collection form you.

Cradle Licences CollectionEnterprise-RM BasicEnterprise-RM ProEnterprise-SE BasicEnterprise-SE Pro
FunctionsRequirements elicitation and processing.Requirements elicitation and processing with project management functions and publishingRequirements and System modelling.Requirements and System modelling,
project management functions and publishing

Shared or Dedicated

For smaller projects, at a really keen price, you can pick a shared server hosted by 3SL with a shared database backend. This is ideal to get you up and running or to give you an easy way to test the benefits of an enterprise level system. This would be a great way of quickly scaling from a single user system to an enterprise arrangement as more people onboard to you project.

For larger corporate users wanting a little more control and no shared resource, Cradle is available on a cloud server. There will be a dedicated CDS (Cradle Database Server) just for your projects. This will provide you with the full power of an enterprise system without you needing your own IT hardware or managers.

Terms

Cradle SaaS can be packaged into simple fixed term durations. These will be available from one month to sixty months. This will allow customers to budget and ensure cover for a whole host of projects. You’ll be free to finish or renew as your project needs at the end of a term.

Article UpdateD

02/10/2018 – Release of SaaS

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Yorkshire Day – 1st August 2018

Celebrating Yorkshire Day on 1st August 2018

Eyup! Today, at 3SL in Cumbria, we are celebrating another great UK county,  our neighbours in Yorkshire.

What better way to celebrate, than with a great cup of Yorkshire tea? We all know engineers from builders to space scientists alike need a good brew to function!

From concept to creation, you can see there are steps to follow when making a good cup of tea, just as there are steps involved for anything we create. From the initial requirements to the final product it’s always best to follow a method, ensure traceability and record the details. The result will be a good quality product with repeatability, easy change management and success all round. “Cheers”

So, if you’re thinking of fugglin with a shortcut in your next project, don’t be a claht’ead, use a bit of gumption and choose the right tools and methods for the job. Cradle just makes it easier!

OK, mash over, back to tew.

 

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Cradle Available as Packaged SaaS through G-Cloud 11

G-Cloud 11

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 accounting to transport, healthcare to sales. We are pleased to announce that Cradle is available as SaaS through G-Cloud 11 for agile and phase-based projects under the Information and communications technology (ICT) services.

Services

We are offering a range of packaged SaaS services that include Cradle licences, a pre-defined schema and intensive support from 3SL for both unclassified (IL0) and OFFICIAL (certified IL3) deployments:

  • 3SL Cradle Business Analysis (unclassified) and Official IL3 (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Agile Collaboration (unclassified) and Official IL3 (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Systems Engineering (unclassified) and Official IL3 (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Requirements Management (unclassified) and Official IL3 (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Application Lifecycle Management (unclassified) and Official IL3  (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Business Process Modelling (unclassified) and Official IL3  (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Agile Software Development (unclassified) and Official IL3  (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Agile Software Management (unclassified) and Official IL3 (classified)
  • 3SL Cradle Application Lifecycle Development (unclassified) and Official IL3 (classified)

Prices start from as little as  £20 per user per month. Including Email, webchat and phone support and full documentation included. Optional onsite support and training available.  This can be supplied on Windows® or Linux®.

Customisation

A wide range of user customisation is available including:

  • Items’ (attributes, links and  properties)
  • Display of chosen data and layout through queries, views, forms,
  • Processing data to give graphs, reports, documents, metrics, KPIs/dashboards, process
  • CM (Configuration Management) system  workflows
  • UI (User Interface)  layout and content
  • Authentication and access control

Details

For details, see here:

screen shot of 3SL g cloud services
G Cloud

For a short summary of Cradle, see our video here: We’re sure you’ll find our services useful to completing successful projects. We look forward to working with you!

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Global Wind Day 2018

Engineering Our Future

As we eat our way through natural resources, our ever increasing hunger for power has to be fed.

One of the most significant developments of recent years has been the size and efficiency and installation methods used for wind farms. Global Wind Day 15th June (#GlobalWindDay) as defined by GlobalWindDay.org seeks to highlight and celebrate these successes.

Cropped image based on David Dixon's image Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.0
Walney Wind Turbine

Local Engineering Feat

Here at 3SL towers, we’re only a stones throw away from one of the world’s largest offshore wind-farms. Situated 15 Km off the coast it’s a great example of large scale engineering. Walney 1 and Walney 2 farms have a combined capacity of 367MW. Over 100 turbines in depths of water of around 20m it was quite an undertaking. Undersea cables bring the power ashore across Morecambe Bay towards Heysham.

Planning Large Projects

There are so many aspects to consider when planning a project. The more complex and the greater the importance of good requirements management. However, that’s not to say that you don’t need to manage requirements for small projects. This is why we believe it is important to offer the same functionality for single users all the way to full enterprise deployments. So whether you are planning a small scale windmill atop your holiday cottage, or a grand scale farm, Cradle could be the tool for you. Starting at €349 (June2018 price) , there’s no excuse for ‘just writing it in a document‘ and a ‘couple of spread sheets‘ shop now or contact us for enterprise licensing.

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Efficiency, Time and Motion Thoughts for World Cup 2018?

Thinking About Efficiency

Requirement

The system should allow the placement of as many bubbles of air in two nets within a 90 minutes. The system should compare and display the result.

Modelled

When initially modelled their appears to be a large inefficiency in the acquisition phase of the singular data item, or bubble of air, or ‘ball’ as it is sometimes referred to.

thinking about efficiency when designing
Parallel Operation

Improved

By planning some tasks in parallel it is possible to improve the efficiency.  The provision of multiple bubbles and the removal of contention provides a much smoother and more efficient operation.

Just a Thought

Maybe there are other aspects that had not been considered, and are difficult to model. Contention in this scenario can be regarded as entertainment. Not something that is easy to model in an eFFBD! #WorldCupRussia2018

 

 

If you have any coffee break thoughts on system modelling the World Cup 2018 , maybe you could share! social-customer@threesl.com

 

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Privacy Policy – Update May 2018

Information We Collect and How we Use It

GDPR

Under the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) we’ve updated our (Structured Software Systems Limited – 3SL)  Privacy Policy.

This sets out how we we deal with your information, and how you can get in touch with us.

We fully intend to keep in touch with all our customers, and prospects for which we have a legitimate business interest, or a need to service your contract.

If you believe you no longer fall into these categories, please use the un-subscribe link on any of our emails or write to us at our UK Headquarters www.threesl.com/contact or email  privacy@threesl.com.

A man walked into a coffee shop to order himself a drink.

Barista said “Wha’ d’ you want?”, before he’d had time to think.

“I’ll take a cappuccino, please, with sprinkles and a sugar or two”

“No prob’s I’ll have that in a jiffy, ready and tasty for you.
Just so I can make sure, you get your chosen drink,
I’ll need your name upon this cup, he said without a blink.

“That’s personally identifiable information, mate, which is mine to keep.
But if I know you’ll handle it right, a soundly I will sleep.
Can you show me your Privacy Policy, that’s in-line with GDPR,
if you can’t I’ll go to the drive-through down the road, in my little car”

The policy was provided, all typed up and neat,
All twenty six pages of it, hardly what you’d call a treat.
At the end the man was happy his named cup in bold,
would be retained no longer than necessary, but by then, his coffee, was cold!

 

 

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Chocolate Chip Day

Spicing Up Your Designs

According to Wikipedia the Chocolate Chip Cookie has been with us since 1936. It’s an enhancement to an already tasty treat. #ChocolateChipDay

Its a reminder to all designers and engineers, you don’t have to re-invent the wheel to create a new project. Work from something you know and enhance it.

What gooey umpshesness would you add to your product?

It’s not just chocolate chips we want to know about. If you want to make a suggestion to social-customer@threesl.com  as to what you would add, we’ll compile a list and may update this post!

Generic suggestions allowed  e.g. “I’d add rhubarb to my cookies” but if you want to tell us about your company’s product “We’d like music to play when you draw diagrams in Cradle”, please email from a corporate email address. Include your name or moniker.