Cradle Public Training Courses 2023

Training Course Dates for 2023

3SL are offering a number of Cradle public training courses in 2023.

Cradle Online Training
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.

Details:

 

DateSubjectVenueCostDetails
January – 17th to 18thProject AdministrationOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATproject-administration-january-2023
January – 24th to 25thIntroductionOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATintroduction-course-january-2023
February – 20th to 23rdRequirements ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
4 * ½ days.
£620+VATrequirements-management-february-2023
March – 20th to 23rdDocument PublisherOnline learning tutored course.
4 * ½ days.
£620+VATdocument-publisher-march-2023
April – 18th to 19thRisk ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£620+VATrisk-management-april-2023
May – 23rd to 24thTest ExecutionOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATtest-execution-may-2023
June- 20th to 21stConfiguration ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATconfiguration-management-june-2023
July- 18th to 19thProject AdministrationOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATproject-administration-july-2023
July- 25th to 26thIntroductionOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATintroduction-course-july-2023
August – 21st to 24thRequirements ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
4 * ½ days.
£620+VATrequirements-management-august-2023
September – 18th to 21stDocument PublisherOnline learning tutored course.
4 * ½ days.
£620+VATdocument-publisher-september-2023
October- 24th to 25thRisk ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATrisk-management-october-2023
November – 21st to 22ndTest ExecutionOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATtest-execution-november-2023
December – 12th to 13thConfiguration ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£310+VATconfiguration-management-december-2023

If you would like to be kept in touch with the details for Cradle public training courses 2023, please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com.

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September 2022 Newsletter

Welcome to the latest 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.

Showing Cell Titles in Views

Sometimes when displaying a nested view the cell titles take up a lot of space on the screen.

Displaying Cell Titles
Displaying Cell Titles

Within the View Details dialog you have the option to choose whether you want to display the cell titles:

Show cell titles option
Displaying cell titles in views

As you can see you can choose to either:

  • Show the cell titles
  • Hide the cell titles
  • Show the cell titles only when the view is top-level

You can change the visibility of any of the component views that are being used to show linked items. In practice, most people either hide everything or show everything.

For further information on views please see our online help page.

Help with Cradle-7.7

Following on from our recent Cradle-7.7 release, if you are not already a customer and would like more information about Cradle, you can download the software and a free evaluation licence. You can find this on our website, or  you can request a webinar. If you are a customer and would like to upgrade, please contact 3SL for a Security Code and for any assistance you may require with the upgrade.

Upcoming Training Courses

We still have places available on our September Risk Management course. Learn how to identify, analyse, evaluate, treat and monitor the risks associated with activities or events within your business. This course is designed for project team leaders or managers who administer and manage risks.

To book a place on one of our online courses please click here!

G-Cloud 13

Cradle on G-Cloud-12
G-Cloud 13

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 Schools, education and libraries to Fault management, monitoring and alerting  or Marketing. 3SL (Structured Software Systems Ltd.) continue our presence in G-Cloud 12 but are proud  to announce that Cradle has been successful on G-Cloud 13 and will be available as SaaS through G-Cloud 13 for agile and phase-based projects under the Information and communications technology (ICT) services when it goes live in November.

Services

Cradle offers two packages Cradle Software as SaaS and Cradle Training and Consultancy.

Software

The software package includes Cradle licences, a pre-defined schema and a comprehensive support package. This can be used in  both unclassified (IL0) and OFFICIAL (certified IL3) deployments and covers the following elements:

  • Agile Collaboration
  • Application Lifecycle Development
  • Application Lifecycle Management
  • Agile Software Development
  • Agile Software 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

Cradle Training/Consultancy

  • Consultancy
  • Administration Training
  • Fundamentals Training
  • Advanced Lifecycle Training

Prices start from as little as £50.00 per user per month. Including email and phone support and full documentation included. Optional onsite support and training is 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:

  • Software
  • Training/Consultancy

or search for 3SL Cradle.  For an overview of Cradle, see our video here:  We look forward to helping you achieve success on your future projects, or migrating existing ‘manual’ or disparate works into a fully encompassed solution.

National Radio Day

20th August – National Radio Day

Individuals/communities can take National Radio Day as an opportunity to appreciate/celebrate what radio means to the world today. Some people might think radio has passed its prime.  Although it still acts as a strong force, especially for local communities.

The first person to identify radio waves was a German physicist Heinrich Hertz in 1886. But it took about three decades for a practical receiver to be invented, which was due to the work of Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconi. Though it started with a Morse code message from just a kilometre away, Marconi paved the way for the future of the types of messages that radio waves could carry.

Radio waves
Types of messages that radio waves can carry

Cradle can be used to model radio systems, see the Cradle Physical Architecture Diagram (PAD) below which depicts an External Communications Sub-System:

Physical Architecture Diagram (PAD)
Physical Architecture Diagram (PAD)

If you are interested in Cradle’s modelling capabilities please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com.

August 2022 – Newsletter

Cradle-7.7 – Released

We are pleased to announce the release of Cradle-7.7 which is available now for download from the downloads section of the 3SL website.  This is the latest version of Cradle.

Cradle-7.7
Cradle-7.7 splash screen

3SL customers with active maintenance have been sent an e-mail notification, and details of which of their enhancement requests and bug reports are included in this new release.  This is a significant Cradle release that increments the Cradle minor version number from 7.6 to 7.7. This means that the Security Codes for Cradle-7.6 or earlier will NOT work with this new Cradle-7.7 release. Therefore, if you want to upgrade to Cradle-7.7 then you MUST contact 3SL Support and request a Cradle-7.7 Security Code since your existing Cradle-7.6 Security Codes will NOT work with this new release.

New Cradle-7.7 Capabilities

This release contains a range of new capabilities, including:

  • Snapshots
  • Metrics added to graphs
  • New header option in views
  • New reports
  • Annular dial type added to Dashboards
  • Precision option added to Dashboards
  • Ability to test email setup from User Preferences

These new capabilities are shown below. For further information please refer to the Release Notes.

Snapshots

A snapshot is a read-only copy of all the information in a Cradle database at a specific point in time that can be viewed, in isolation, at any point in the future.

Snapshots can be created and selected from the Project tab in WorkBench:

Project ribbon in WorkBench
Snapshot options in WorkBench

Snapshots can also be created via the command line using c_prj.

When a user selects a snapshot, their access to information, cross references and definitions are determined by the contents of the user’s profile in the database, regardless of whether or not the user has a profile in the current snapshot and regardless of the contents of that user profile (if any) in the snapshot.

Snapshots are deleted from Project Manager or the command line (c_prj).

Metrics in Graphs

Cradle-7.7 includes a new type of graph which shows metric coverage or count of items with different categories set or unset. This is called a metric graph. An example is shown below:

Example Metrics Graph
Example Metrics Graph in Cradle

Header Option in Views

A new Header option is now available in the dialog. This provides a way of showing grouped and coloured headings when output. Example output is shown below:

Example Output showing coloured header
Example output from WorkBench showing a coloured header

New Reports

A new Baseline Summary List report has been included in this release. This outputs each baseline on it’s own row in a table.

The Baseline Summary report has been renamed to Baseline Summary Compact.

A Sort by filter has also been added to both the Baseline List report, Baseline Summary List report and the Baseline Summary Compact report. This provides the option to sort by the baseline name, when the baseline was opened or when the baseline was closed.

Report Details Dialog
Report Details Dialog showing Sort by options

Annular Dial Type in Dashboards

A new dial type has been added to dashboards – Annular %.

Annular Option in Dashboards
Annular Option in Dashboards

This is an annular percentage of a single dashboard bandset within which the KPI resides:

Example Annular dashboard
Example Annular dashboard

Precision Option in Dashboards

A Precision option has also been added to dashboards. This sets the count of numbers displayed around a dashboard dial:

Precision Option in dashboards
Precision Option in dashboards

Test Email Setup

The setup of emails can now be tested from User Preferences by selecting the new Test Email button:

User Preferences showing Test Email button
User Preferences showing Test Email button

Pressing the Test Mail button produces the Mail Test dialog where you choose an email recipient and whether you want to send the test email in plain text.

Mail Test dialog
Mail Test dialog

Please note the only user names shown in the Recipient drop down are Cradle users in the project who have an email address defined in their User Profile.

Download

You must contact 3SL for new Security Code(s) for Cradle-7.7. Cradle-7.7 will not accept Security Codes from Cradle-7.6 or any previous release.

Cradle clients (WorkBench, Web Access, Document Publisher for instance) and server (Cradle CDS) versions cannot be mixed. Therefore, you must upgrade all Cradle installations to 7.7.

Cradle-7.7 databases do not have the same format as Cradle-7.6 databases. Hence the Cradle-7.7 release includes a database converter for the transition from Cradle-7.6 to Cradle-7.7.  Full details are available in the 7.7 release notes, and updated manuals in addition you can always contact support@threesl.com .

Single User Products

Please note that there are no maintenance services for single-user Cradle products. Therefore, if you have purchased any of the single-user Cradle-7.6 products:

    • Cradle-RM Desktop
    • Cradle-RM Pro
    • Cradle-SE Desktop
    • Cradle-SE Pro

then you will not be able to request a new Cradle-7.7 Security Code. If you want to update your single-user Cradle system to the new Cradle-7.7 release, then you must buy the new Cradle-7.7 release.

Help with Cradle-7.7

In conclusion, we’re pleased with the new capabilities in Cradle-7.7 most importantly we hope you will benefit by upgrading. If you are not already a customer and would like more information about Cradle, you can download the software and a free evaluation licence, find more on our website, or request a webinar. If you would like to read some independent reviews feel free to use your favourite search engine or take a look at Capterra.

Upcoming Training Courses

We still have places available on our August Requirements Management training course. The dates are 15th to 18th August. This is a great opportunity for small teams, or a couple of new team members to get started with RM and Cradle. Don’t worry if you can’t make the August RM course, we are holding another one in November.

In September we then have our Risk Management course. Learn how to identify, analyse, evaluate, treat and monitor the risks associated with activities or events within your business. This course is designed for project team leaders or managers who administer and manage risks.

To book a place on one of our online courses please click here!

Public Online Training Course – User Course October 2022

User Course 5th-6th October 2022

Overview of the many capabilities in Cradle including best practices, demonstrating the Cradle tool and its features – User October 2022 course.

“A great opportunity for new users to familiarise themselves with Cradle”

Cradle Online Course based on Photo by Andrew Neel from Pexels
Online User Course

Businesses that have chosen Cradle can benefit from this general Cradle overview and how to apply Cradle to their projects.

User Course 5th to 6th October 2022

“The User course is designed for both new users or users requiring a refresher course.

The Cradle User Course helps you to understand the benefits of Cradle and see examples of where Cradle is used. We provide explanations of the various Cradle modules as well as providing the basic concepts of Cradle, including items, cross references and the Cradle schema. There is a tutor led example of some of the WorkBench features and the Toolsuite tools.

Please note this course is provided through demonstration only, there are no “hands-on” exercises.

Details:

DateSubjectVenueCostPre-RequisitesProvision
October 5th – 6th 2022UserOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£285+VATPC/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 – User October 5th to 6th 2022 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com

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Public Online Training Course – Risk Management September 2022

Risk Management 20th-21st September 2022

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 September 2022 course.

“A great opportunity for managers to understand and mitigate risks”

Cradle Online Course based on Photo by Andrew Neel from Pexels
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 20th to 21st September 2022

“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.

Details:

DateSubjectVenueCostPre-RequisitesProvision
September 20th – 21st 2022Risk ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£285+VATPC/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 September 20th – 21st 2022 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com

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Public Online Training Course – Document Publisher October 2022

Document Publisher October 17th – 20th 2022

The second scheduled publishing course of 2022. Cradle report creation training – Document Publisher October 2022 course.

“Once you have managed your requirements and development, producing a comprehensive report, automatically based directly on the project data, provides an essential deliverable”

Cradle Online Course based on Photo by Andrew Neel from Pexels
Online Course

Businesses that have Cradle for their Requirements Management or Systems Engineering process can benefit from additional Cradle tools.

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 and customers, regulators and other interested parties.

Public Document Publisher Course October 2022

Often the document production task is run by an individual or a very small team. Therefore, this public online course will offer a cost effective way of providing training. You’ll benefit from all the normal learning, but will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries. However, if you have a larger team courses can be tailored and held at your premises / virtually depending on restrictions and requirements at a date and time to suit see here. This will be conducted over four ½ days.

Details:

DateSubjectVenueCostPre-RequisitesProvision
October 17th – 20thDocument PublisherOnline learning tutored course.
4 * ½ days.
£570+VATPC/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 – Document Publisher October 2022 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com

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Public Online Training Course – Project Administration April 2022

Project Administration 20th-21st April 2022

Learn how to setup and manage projects to provide the best base for your users with this year’s – Project Administration April 2022 course.

“A great opportunity for project managers to understand their schemas”

Cradle Online Course based on Photo by Andrew Neel from Pexels
Online Project Administration Course

Businesses that have selected Cradle for their Requirements Management or Systems Engineering process can benefit from an in depth understanding on managing their installation.

Project Administration Course 20th to 21st April 2022

“The Project Administration course is designed for project team leaders or managers who administer and manage Cradle projects. It will cover user and project administration. It will also include setting up project schemas helping your users to hit the ground running. Most industries have only a few people that act as project administrators, therefore the public course is ideal. 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.

Details:

DateSubjectVenueCostPre-RequisitesProvision
April 20th – 21st 2022Project AdministrationOnline learning tutored course.
2 * ½ days.
£285+VATPC/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 – Project Administration April 20th – 21st 2022 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com

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Public Online Training Course – Document Publisher March 2022

Document Publisher March 21st – 24th 2022

Make your output shine with the first publishing course of 2022. Cradle report creation training – Document Publisher March 2022 course.

“Once you have managed your requirements and development, producing a comprehensive report, automatically based directly on the project data, provides an essential deliverable”

Cradle Online Course based on Photo by Andrew Neel from Pexels
Online Course

Businesses that have Cradle for their Requirements Management or Systems Engineering process can benefit from additional Cradle tools.

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 and customers, regulators and other interested parties.

Public Document Publisher Course March 2022

Often the document production task is run by an individual or a very small team. Therefore, this public online course will offer a cost effective way of providing training. You’ll benefit from all the normal learning, but will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries. However, if you have a larger team courses can be tailored and held at your premises / virtually depending on restrictions and requirements at a date and time to suit see here. This will be conducted over four ½ days.

Details:

DateSubjectVenueCostPre-RequisitesProvision
March 21st – 24thDocument PublisherOnline learning tutored course.
4 * ½ days.
£570+VATPC/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 – Document Publisher March 2022 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com

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Public Online Training Course – Requirements Management November 2022

Requirements Management November 21st to 24th 2022

The third RM training this year is – Requirements Management November course.

“A great opportunity for small teams, or a couple of new team members to get started with RM and Cradle”

Cradle Online Course based on Photo by Andrew Neel from Pexels
Online Course

Businesses that are introducing Cradle and full Requirements Management processes into their operations, can book training for all aspects of the roll-out, from the basics through to specialist administration courses – See here. These courses are tailored and held at your premises / virtually depending on restrictions and requirements and are ideal for getting a team up and running.

Public Requirements Management November 21st to 24th 2022

If, however, you have one or two people new to a project or only have a very small team, this may not be a viable solution. With 3SL’s public online courses, you’ll benefit from all the normal learning, but will have the chance to network and share with other virtual attendees from other industries. This can be a cost effective solution to get you up to speed with Cradle and Requirements Management.

Details:

DateSubjectVenueCostPre-RequisitesProvision
November 21st to 24th 2022Requirements ManagementOnline learning tutored course.
4 * ½ days.
£570+VATPC/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 – Requirements Management November 2022 please send an email to salesdetails@threesl.com

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Other Dates and Courses:

For details of other courses on offer this year please see our 2022 training calendar.

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