{"id":3405,"date":"2018-04-12T12:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T11:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=3405"},"modified":"2022-10-07T16:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:17:11","slug":"april-2018-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/april-2018-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2018 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year!?<\/h2>\n

Yes, I know it’s the April 2018 Newsletter. The Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582. The switch by countries was gradual, with the UK changing in 1752. During the switch the UK lost 11 days in September, and the start of the year was moved to January the 1st. We covered some of the strange naming conventions in our October newsletter<\/a>. Originally the first day of a ‘new year’ was 25th March, this sudden jump would have messed up financial institutions accounts. So they kept the start of the fiscal year more or less where it was, shifting by those same 11 days to 5th April. Or it could have been that the accountants were so drunk at Christmas they just couldn’t face doing the accounts when they returned to work. Take your pick.<\/p>\n

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Budget<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So if you are lucky enough to be dealing with a new budget for the “new year” now’s the time to check you are getting value for money across all your projects. Are you still dealing with several different tools to manage your Requirements and model your Systems?
\nCould you consolidate these tools and methods by adding extra licences to your Cradle<\/em> installation and then\u00a0 on-boarding<\/em> (yuck<\/b> -Sorry read that one in a trendy blog post somewhere)<\/sup> the less enlightened?
\nOn the other hand if you’ve been Spring cleaning and found your project a little out of kilter, you may realise that the management view you have over it,\u00a0 is not as clear as it ought to be. Then maybe adding a Dash<\/strong> <\/a>or Metric<\/strong><\/a> licence to Cradle could help with getting to grips on the health of your project. However we can help, don’t hesitate to call\u00a0 us here in the UK or your local distributor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Metrics<\/h2>\n

Measurements and collation of the results are an important management tool.<\/p>\n

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Metrics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is obviously important to manage and track the right thing. Using the ludicrous\u00a0 quote “The majority of people involved in accidents were wearing white underwear….”, you may jump to the conclusion that brightly coloured pants will keep you safe. Of course this statement is completely meaningless without context because if white pants are the most popular colour you could make that statement apply to any topic.<\/p>\n

Provided you are measuring sensible information, percentage of\u00a0 Requirements that are Accepted<\/em>, or Underway <\/em>gives a really useful view about the maturity of your project.<\/p>\n

In Cradle you can define any number of metrics, save and re-run them <\/span><\/span>at a later date. A metric is made up of a set of elements, each element is a query to the database to retrieve item(s), and an analysis operation on these items. This could be a simple count, or a more comprehensive coverage analysis of attributes.\u00a0 Available functions include:<\/p>\n