March 2011 - TM Forum Training

  • Business Services (NGOSS Contracts) - Finally Coming of Age

    Jeannie and I took a “road trip” to east Texas last week. And, I got down to business trying out CFS, not Customer Facing Service, but Chicken Fried Steak. For those of you not familiar with this southern delicacy, it is a pounded steak, usually round steak or cube steak, which is breaded, deep-fried, and topped with cream gravy. Here is a link for those that want to learn more about CFS... http://www.google.com/images?q=chicken+fried+steak&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe...
  • The Plight of Inter-Domain Associations

    I’ve been in China for almost two weeks, enjoying one of my favorite cuisines again. One treat I decided to try is pig ear. I figure if Guy Fieri of the Food Network ( http://www.foodnetwork.com/guy-fieri/index.html ) will try to eat it, I will be just as adventurous! But, poor pig ears, their plight is to be hidden away on a buffet table and hard to find. But they always seem to be offered on the buffet or menu! A similar plight faces inter-domain associations in Frameworx, such as those between...
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  • Did I really mean what I just said?

    Hello everyone, One of my (many) pet hates is the over- use of Figurative Language (Figures of Speech) , metaphors, euphemisms, slang etc. in our day to day conversation. In an industry that promotes communications I believe we continually fail to communicate clearly. This is especially noticeable as I travel to countries where English is not the first (or even the second) language. Trying to explain that “the integration tax” is not really a tax levied in some Countries, but just the...

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