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  • The Solution Frameworks (NGOSS) Melting Pot

    Traveled to Cairo, Egypt, land of the pharaohs and pyramids, last week on a training assignment, and learned how Egypt represents a melting pot of Mediterranean cultures. More on melting pots later, but first, as usual, I’ll spend a bit of time discoursing about the food. During a previous visit many years ago, I was introduced to foul (fava beans) and had to try it again…this time with eggs for breakfast topped with spices…yummy. Also, had the Egyptian version of a Philadelphia cheese steak along...
  • Compliance to the Business Process Framework (eTOM)

    Traveled to Bangalore, India last week on a training assignment, and found that there was quite a bit of interest in eTOM compliance. While there are currently no formal compliance criteria for the eTOM, most members that claim compliance do so by illustrating the eTOM L2/L3 processes that they use (from a provider/operator perspective) or support (from a software vendor perspective). But before continuing down the compliance path, a little about the food in India, a country I have been visiting...
  • Service Orientation and the Solution Frameworks

    Nothing like some good Montreal-style smoked meat when traveling north of the border (United States border, that is!) along with a favorite treat of cheese fries with gravy…not a bad meal or two. OK, enough of my gastric adventures. The recently completed Blueprint Initiative combined with the work being done by the Architecture Harmonization team brought the long-existing service-orientation of the TM Forum Solution frameworks to the forefront. While a somewhat hidden aspect of the frameworks, many...
  • TM Forum Solution Frameworks – Spanning the Globe

    Students attending TM Forum training classes around the globe often have similar, and different, expectations of the courses. Their expectations often reflect trends in the industry or an area of the world and/or challenges that they are facing. As we, the TM Forum instructors, trek around the world we will be reporting on these trends and challenges, along with any other interesting items that come up during our travels. On a recent Solution Frameworks Overview and eTOM Implementer’s training assignment...

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