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    3SL Cradle

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACradle from UK company 3SL is an application requirements management platform.

    $449

    Micro Focus Caliber (discontinued)

    Score1.3 out of 10
    N/ACaliber by Micro Focus (formerly Borland Caliber), is an application requirement management offering. It has been discontinued, but similar capabilities are supplied by Micro Focus by Dimensions RM.N/A
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    3SL CradleMicro Focus Caliber (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Cradle‐RM Desktop
    $449
    Cradle‐RM Pro
    $529
    Cradle‐SE Desktop
    $599
    Cradle‐SE Pro
    $679
    Enterprise
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    Floating licences per module
    Enterprise - various deployments available
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    3SL CradleMicro Focus Caliber (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlease note that Cradle is licenced by fully floating concurrent module licences. So pricing will depend on your usage pattern. For example licencing for 10 engineers may require 7 REQ (Requirements Management) , only 2 SYS (Systems Engineering Modelling) and say 1 DASH (Dashboard analytics). Licences are only locked when that function is accessed, which means a large user base can have access to all functionality at a much low cost than usual pricing. That's why it's good to call.
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    User Testimonials
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    3SL
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    I personally would prefer other products on the market right now such as Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Test Manager. I think having a product like Caliber that can only do requirements without integrating with a another system makes things a little more time consuming.
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    Pros
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    • Borland Caliber tracks functional and non-functional requirements pretty easily. You can easily add a requirement and attach a spreadsheet or a picture if needed.
    • Moving the hierarchy of requirements is fairly easy by just dragging and dropping.
    • Assigning users to approve requirements is simple by the fields included when adding a requirement and then submitting for review.
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    Cons
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    • I think Borland Caliber visually needs to be updated. It looks very out of date compared to other products on the market. The text box has a notepad feel to it and it's hard to make it visually catching.
    • Borland Caliber needs to be easier to integrate with other testing and development products on the market.
    • Having fields more related to URS and FRS would be helpful to auto-link to a document. So enter in a URS or FRS document ID at the beginning of a project in Caliber and then auto-assigning requirement IDs to link to pieces of code or test cases and having the user be able to decide a naming convention.
    • Borland Caliber needs a specific table for linking to a document ID and then each requirement could auto-generate a sub ID for each requirement to make the process of filling in User Requirements and Functional Requirements more efficient. Then the user should be able to modify the sub ID if the naming convention needed to be different.
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    I think Borland Caliber is better than Atlassian Confluence and has way more options for ease of use and reporting. Team Foundation Server is my personal choice as it comes as a package for developers to link to requirements easily and link to test cases. Borland Caliber is visually the least attractive of the three systems I have used. If you need just a requirement manager for tracking and reporting then Borland Caliber is a great choice.
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    • Having Borland Caliber would be nice if you only need to track requirements and your company does not do any developing or testing.
    • It does link very well with HP Quality Center for requirement and test asset tracking and ease of use.
    • Borland Caliber is cheaper than a lot of other products on the market that have the same features.
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    3SL Cradle Screenshots

    Screenshot of An automatically generated hierarchy diagram, showing the interlinks, in this case between requirements, specifications and regulationsScreenshot of Systems Engineering modelling showing a Data Flow Diagram with main system connecting to external environmentScreenshot of Part of the SysML example project shipped to "get you going"Screenshot of Example of the TEST Module showing Test Execution