| Course Overview | | OSS/J is the only COTS implementation of NGOSS today. With NGOSS it forms the cornerstone of the Prosspero Solution sets. This course provides an overview of how OSS/J sits with NGOSS and introduces the APIs and design guidlines.  | Attendees will receive a copy of NGOSS DISTILLED. Written by TM Forum Distinguished Fellow John Reilly & Martin Creaner this is the first book to provide a no nonsense explanation of how all the NGOSS components fit together and how today's telecoms solution designers can bring immediate benefits to their business through the adoption of NGOSS. For a description of this book click on the cover. | | | Course Details | | Code: | KL06-03 | | Title: | OSS/J Overview | | Leader: | John Reilly | | Day: | Wednesday, September 13, 2006 | | Intended for: | This course provides attendees with a complete overview of OSS/J and is geared to OSS/BSS professionals who are or might be in the future involved in developing BSS/OSS solutions using OSS through Java™ APIs and J2EE. These include: Solution architects, analyst, modelers, developers, and integrators. | | Pre-requisites: | - A general awareness of the TeleManagement Forum and its work;
- General knowledge java and the JCP process
- Understanding of NGOSS
| | Length: | One day | | Technology Being Taught: | The OSS/J APIs and Design Guidelines | | Upon completion, delegates will be able to: | - Understand the artifacts produced by OSS/J and the process through which the artifacts are produced
- Understand the relationship between NGOSS and OSS/J
- Understand the existing and planned OSS/J APIs from a business and system perspective
- Understand how MDA/MDE/MDD are being used within OSS/J
| | Agenda: | - An introduction to OSS/J
- A description of the relationship between OSS/J and NGOSS
- A summary of OSS/J APIs
- An introduction to OSS/J Design Guidelines and the Common API
- Case studies on the use of OSS/J APIs
- Each unit is described in the next section
| | As with all official TM Forum courses, certificates of achievement will be issued. |
Instructor: | | John P. Reilly
John P. Reilly is a principal member of the technical staff for MetaSolv Software, Inc. and a TM Forum Distinguished Fellow*. John factors industry guidelines into key elements of MetaSolv’s product suite. From an industry perspective, John is the co-chair of the TeleManagement Forum’s Shared Information and Data Model project. He is also the program lead for the OSS/J Community’s Core Business Entity Model project and a member of the OSS/J Product Team. John is a frequent speaker on telecommunications standards direction, project management, business modeling, and rapid software development techniques. He is the author and co-author of a number of books and articles on these subjects, including the ground-breaking book NGOSS: Distilled. John holds degrees in mathematics and systems engineering. In his leisure time he enjoys hanging out with his wife Jeannie, playing golf and taking on all comers at his pool table.
* The TeleManagement Forum’s “Distinguished Fellow” Award recognizes individuals who have made valuable contributions to the TeleManagement Forum and the communications industry. | |