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February 8, 2010
Cognition Corporation announces Cockpit Version 5.5

Bedford, MA (PRWEB) February 8, 2010 -- Cognition Corporation, a worldwide leader in Web 2.0 Product Development software, announced today their release of Cognition Cockpit 5.5 providing medical device companies a system that captures the breadth of their product development data in a single, unified model. Information from risk management flows together with information from the complaints database, requirements documents, test methods, marketing research, and cost estimates. More...

August 25, 2009
Cognition Corporation announces Enterprise Cost Management™ Version 6.1

Version 6.1 improved ECM’s web based interface making ECM more available to infrequent users without the need for extensive training. Web access into the ECM database utilizes the same general framework as the Cognition Cockpit® software employs, including login, table of contents, history retention, and table display. ECM Version 6.1 also includes improved access to Scenario reports, additional commands, such as Create Scenario, Estimate Cost, and Add Element, and expanded Projects able to hold any data object, so that each user can have his or her own Project containing the Scenarios, Elements, Estimates, Initiatives, etc. that they are tracking.

This enhanced thin client access is part of ECM Version 6.1, which will be released in Q4/2009. There is also a new report outputting a Monte Carlo simulation of Total Cost, performance improvements, and improvements in calculating support costs.

June 24, 2009
Cognition Corporation announces Cockpit Version 5.3

Cognition Corporation (Bedford, MA) announced today the release of Cockpit version 5.3. The new version strengthens Cockpit’s capability for managing the entire Product Development Process by adding key features to its support for Active Requirements Management. The new version enhances the collaborative Web2.0 environment by providing up-to-date visibility to project data when multiple users are working within a project concurrently. The web experience is further enhanced by improvements to user defined attributes for project data, such as voices and requirements, as they now additionally support graphics, tables, and other rich content.

Cognition also added a document template library that allows creation of new documents from templates, making it even easier for the occasional user to add content. The accuracy of the active sessions report has been improved and it now displays users’ full names and phone numbers to further facilitate collaboration. The new side-by-side lists feature provides direct visual correlation between related items, such as Voices and Requirements, Requirements and Risks, Failures and Causes, etc.

March 15, 2009
Cognition Corporation announces Enterprise Cost Management Version 6.0

ECM Version 6.0 incorporates a variety of new features to ease the task of customizing applications for users and supporting multiple estimates per line item. The added customization capabilities means user specific features can easily be added without the need for database migrations. The modifications also make it easier for users to add their own functions using Cognitions ASE scripting language. The new features include:

  • Customization Attributes - All ECM specific objects, including such data types as Cost Contributors, Estimates, Initiatives, Elements, and Scenarios have been given string keyed maps for custom data. These maps will allow for future database changes without requiring data migration. Four map attributes have been added, including maps for Reals, Strings, Dates, and Objects.
  • User Definable Table View - Users can now define multiple table view formats that can be stored and retrieved. Any custom table view formats are available to all users.
  • Custom Data Support - Users can now import and report custom data without requiring an updated ECM domain. An import custom data command has been added as well as a Scenario Output Custom Data report.
  • Dual Source Support - Users can now specify more than one Estimate for each Scenario line item and a ratio (70,30) to determine the weight each Estimate should be given in calculating the cost for the line item.
  • Multiple Target Support - Users can now specify more than one Target cost for a Scenario. Most reports allow the user to specify which target cost should be used for the report. Some reports allow multiple targets to be reported.
  • Estimate and Scenario Costs Stored For Performance - Estimate cost levels and NRE/Lot Quantity pricing rates are now stored on the Estimate for improved performance. Scenario PCL, BCL, TCL, and TPL costs are also stored for improved performance on reports.

January 4, 2009
Cognition Corporation announces Cockpit Version 5.2

Version 5.2 strengthens Cockpit’s capability for managing the entire Product Development Process including collecting customer voices, mapping to System and Subsystem Requirements via HOQ/QFD, and enabling Active Requirement Management integral with Risk and Critical Parameter Management. The new version supports internal and external transfer functions with variances, tying verification and validation data to the Requirements, and automatically generating scorecards and reports all in a traceable, secure, globally collaborative Web2.0 environment.

Cognition also added version/configuration management for Cockpit documents and support for external file storage when using Cockpit attachment files. Cost reports and copying of text and images from Microsoft Word documents into Cockpit documents have been improved. Additional highlights include active templates for guiding the occasional user through complex design steps and support for the export of Cockpit URL links.