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This course is intended to provide students with an overview of the NGOSS framework and its key components: the eTOM, the SID, the technology neutral architecture and the application map. The course contains a suite of new practical exercises to help the assimilation of these topics. The course will cover the NGOSS lifecycle and recent work in the area of compliance but it will not provide a step by step deployment methodology. |
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| Course Details |
| Code: |
D07-01 & D07-05 |
| Title: |
NGOSS Distilled |
| Instructors: |
Kevin Scaggs (Sunday, PM)
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Roger Cutts (Monday, AM) |
| Day: |
Sunday, November 4, 2007 - PM Only (1:30pm - 5:30pm)
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Monday, November 5, 2007 - AM Only (8:30am - 12:30pm) |
| Course level: |
Introductory |
Intended for:
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OSS/BSS professionals who are involved in developing BSS/OSS solutions using NGOSS methodologies. These include: Solution architects, analysts, modelers, developers, and integrators. |
| Pre-requisites: |
None |
| Length: |
Half day |
| Technology Being Taught: |
NGOSS at an introductory level. |
| Highlights: |
This course covers all aspects of TeleManagement Forum’s (TM Forum) NGOSS toolkit. Comprehensive practical examples of NGOSS usage from companies such as Motorola, Itelliden and Metasolv are included in the course. |
| Upon completion, delegates will be able to: |
- Identify all the components of NGOSS and the relationship between them;
- Understand NGOSS lifecycle and methodology;
- Understand basic concepts of eTOM and the SID, and their relationship to NGOSS Understand NGOSS architecture (Technology-Neutral and Technology-Specific);
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| Agenda: |
- TM-Forum and NGOSS overview;
- NGOSS core elements;
- NGOSS methodology and lifecycle;
- NGOSS compliance and conformance;
- NGOSS practical work is dispersed through the day;
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| As with all official TM Forum courses, certificates of achievement will be issued |
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Instructors:
(Sunday Course - 1.30pm-5.30pm)
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Kevin Scaggs
Kevin’s 22-year career spans the chemical, aerospace, and for the last 14 years, the telecommunications industry.
At SBC, Kevin spent several years leading a team developing reusable business services. He also spent almost 7 years at Telkom South Africa, involved in an OSS/BSS revitalization effort, where he served as Chief Architect.
Returning to SBC (now the new AT&T), Kevin introduced the use of eTOM as a basis for architecture planning and application rationalization. Currently Kevin is a Principal Technical Architect within AT&T Architecture and Planning.
Kevin speaks regularly at TeleManagement World events, leads the TM Forum’s eTOM initiative, and is an active member and contributor to the TM Forum TAM initiative.
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(Monday Course - 8.30am-12.30pm)
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Roger Cutts
Roger Cutts has been actively involved with the TeleManagement forum for over 4 years – first as Principal Contact representing one of the world’s leading Mobile Service Providers, and more recently as a consultant and trainer on the TMF’s technical work programme.
Roger has over 30 years experience in IT and Telecoms industries covering all aspects of the project lifecycle from Requirements through to Deployment. For several years he worked in the capacity of Global IT Architect, using methods in the workplace which were developed in parallel with his work in the TMF contributing to the eTOM, SID and TAM teams. These methods included developing a high level functional architecture, creating an application map and using those deliverables to develop a long term strategy and architecture for the organisation.
Roger has been an active contributor to the eTOM, SID and TAM teams and has worked with all the products which make up the NGOSS Methodology.
Roger is a leading proponent of the ideas of Enterprise Architecture, initially described by John Zachman in the 1980s, and a supporter of methodologies such as TOGAF, and sees the NGOSS Methodology as another important tool in this field. | |
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