Technical & Business Innovation

 Technical & Business Innovation assists members in achieving business and operational performance excellence:
  • Creation of industry benchmarks, best practices, guidebook, process frameworks, and plug and play standards
  • Facilitates over 80 technical and business programs
  • Supported by more than 1,000 member resources
  • Over 500 technical documents produced


Collaboration Program Participation

Technical Documentation
  • Members have access to all technical documentation for use in implementing standards and business process frameworks. All documentation is downloadable from the website.
  • Document Library
  • Contact: Tina O’Sullivan (tosullivan@tmforum.org)

Case Studies & White Papers
  • Members may submit case studies and white papers regarding use of various business and technical program work. This assists the entire membership in adoption and proliferation of TM Forum intiatives.
  • Case Study Library
  • White Papers
  • Contact: Susana Schwartz (sschwartz@tmforum.org)

Prosspero
  • Members can participate in the creation and implementation of deployable standards through the Prosspero program.
  • Prosspero Portal
  • Contact: Christy Coffey (ccoffey@tmforum.org)

Benchmarking
  • The benchmarking program provides comparative data for the purpose of improving business effectiveness for Service Providers and enablers. The program incorporates the former GBA billing process benchmarking surveys and reports.
  • Information
  • Contact Business Benchmarking Program: Toni Graham (tgraham@tmforum.org)
  • Contact Billing and Process Benchmarking Survey & Reports: Alex Leslie (aleslie@tmforum.org)

Team Action Week

Cable Interest Group Participation

Catalyst Program
  • This program brings together member companies in a collaborative proof of concept and/or development project which results in a live demonstration of the results at one of the main Management World events.
  • Information
  • Contact: Andy Chalmers (achalmeres@tmforum.org)

Billing & Customer Experience
  • With the integration of the Global Billing Association, TM Forum has increased its focus on billing and business support system topics.
  • Information
  • Contact: Alex Leslie (aleslie@tmforum.org)

Strategic Sector Initiatives