{"id":90,"date":"2017-02-02T14:06:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T14:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2020-03-30T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T08:58:03","slug":"manual-v-cradle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/manual-v-cradle\/","title":{"rendered":"Manual &#8216; V&#8217; Cradle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Compare<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to managing your requirements\u00a0 and designs there really is no contest between a manual based system and a tool based system.\u00a0 A cross referenced and baselined design in Cradle is your ultimate goal.<\/p>\n<h3>Manual<\/h3>\n<p>A manual based system at worst is a set of paper requirements, managed in folders with paper-clips and sticky notes. An electronic system may include a number of word processor documents, drawings and spreadsheets. These have very limited, or manually updated meta data to describe how they interlink.<\/p>\n<h2>RM tool<\/h2>\n<p>A Requirements Management and Systems Engineering software tool brings these elements together in one place and provides the meta data and traceability that binds them together into a successful project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paper_v_cradle-300x153.png\" alt=\"Paper and pencil versus Cradle\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paper_v_cradle-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paper_v_cradle-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paper_v_cradle-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paper_v_cradle.png 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manual versus Cradle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/manual-v-cradle\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fmanual-v-cradle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compare When it comes to managing your requirements\u00a0 and designs there really is no contest between a manual based system and a tool based system.\u00a0 A cross referenced and baselined design in Cradle is your ultimate goal. 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