The Architecture Harmonization team vision:
- Develop an adaptable, standardized solution environment that supports the service operations necessary across the entire range of properties for a converged network-, operations- and business continuum
- Create a solutions environment that continuously supports the OSS/BSS needs through growth and change in network and service capabilities, and through the evolution of implementation technologies.
The Architecture Harmonization team targets:
- A single architecture covering all aspects of NGOSS;
- Continuous seamless evolution as the solution grows;
- Clarity of its intersection with other standards initiatives;
- Creation of a single inclusive information model;
- Creation of a single inclusive interaction model among applications;
- Construction and maintenance of documentation and use of methodology that covers:
- Business, system, implementation and deployment views;
- Principles, patterns, architecture and specific examples;
- Information/data model, operations, components/applications and infrastructure;
- Static and dynamic structure including migration
- The enabling of plug-n-play reusable components where out-of-the-box interoperability can be achieved with minimum manual intervention;
- An extensible reference architecture where business innovation and solution differentiation can be effectively achieved;
- An ecosystem for the development and maintenance of such an environment:
- Requiring engagement of multiple organizations beyond the TMF;
- Taking advantage of standards, capabilities and techniques from the IT industry;
- Providing process for engagement;
- Setting up a Contract Management Board to be operated by the NGOSS Contract Program team.
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