Ericsson – Granite Inventory V9.2 – Information Framework Summary

Conformance Certification: Ericsson’s Granite Inventory V9.2
Company: Ericsson
Product Title: Ericsson Adaptive Inventory (formerly Ericsson’s Granite Inventory)
Product Version: V9.2
Frameworx Version: Version 14.0
Information Framework version: Version 14.0
Assessment Completion Date: April 2015
Detailed Certification Report: Ericsson’s Granite Inventory Frameworx 14.0 Conformance Certification Report v1.0.1

NOTE: As of June 2015, Ericsson’s Granite Inventory is renamed Ericsson Adaptive Inventory. All references in the Certification results are to “Ericsson’s Granite Inventory” which was the name of the product at time of Conformance Assessment.

Information Framework Assessment Summary

TM Forum has reviewed and approved the self-assessment of the product listed here against Information Frameworx (SID) version 14.0 Domains/Aggregate Business Entities.

As of Frameworx 14.0 Conformance Assessments, TM Forum award two categories of conformance scoring to the Information Framework assessment as follows:

Information Framework Maturity Conformance Levels
Information Framework Adoption Conformance Scores

Further details on the guidelines for Maturity Level Conformance scoring & Adoption Conformance scoring are available in the Certification Report.

Scope of Assessment – Information Framework Footprint

The following figure illustrates the Information Framework Level 1 ABEs that were presented in scope for the Assessment (blue high-light).

Level 1 ABEs in scope for Ericsson’s Granite Inventory Certification

Product Conformance Summary – Information Framework

The following graphs provide an overview of the conformance scores granted to the ABEs presented in scope for Ericsson’s Granite Inventory, Information Framework Assessment.

Information Framework Maturity Levels* – CBE, Engaged Party, S/P & Enterprise Domains

*Ericsson Note: The Business Interaction ABE has been considered solely from the perspective of those entities customers commonly document in their network inventory solutions. Before this backdrop Ericsson has deliberately refrained from striving for a higher SID “Maturity Conformance” score.

Information Framework Maturity Levels – Service Domain

Information Framework Maturity Levels* – Resource Domain [1/2]

*Ericsson Note: The Resource ABE and Auxiliary Component ABE have been considered solely from the perspective of those entities customers commonly document in their network inventory solutions. Before this backdrop Ericsson has deliberately refrained from striving for a higher SID “Maturity Conformance” score.

Information Framework Maturity Levels – Resource Domain [2/2]

Information Framework Adoption Levels – CBE, Engaged Party, S/P & Enterprise Domains

Information Framework Adoption Levels – Service Domain

Information Framework Adoption Levels – Resource Domain [1/2]

Information Framework Adoption Levels – Resource Domain [2/2]

Product Conformance Detailed – Information Framework

The following table provides a detailed breakdown of the scores awarded with some additional commentary.

TM Forum Frameworx R14.0 Conformance Certification – Ericsson Granite Inventory V9.2 Information Framework (SID) R14.0 – Conformance Scores
Domain/ABE	Maturity Conformance Level (1-7)	Assessment Comments		Adoption Conformance Score (1-10)			Assessment Comments
Common Business Entities Domain
Root Business Entities ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Root Business Entities/ Entity Identification ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Root Business Entities/ Characteristic ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Base Types ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Location ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Location/ Geographic Place ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Project/ Work Order ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Users and Roles ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10			Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Engaged Party Domain
Business Interaction ABE	3.9	^**Low Conformance Core entity, required attributes, 90% of dependent entities supported.		9.7		Very High Conformance
Party ABE	7	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.		10		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Party/ Contact ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service Domain
Service ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service/ CustomerFacing Service ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service/ CustomerFacing Service/ CustomerFacing Service Role ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service/ ResourceFacing Service ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service/ ResourceFacing Service/ ResourceFacing Service Role ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service/ Service Order ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service Specification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service Specification/ CustomerFacing ServiceSpec ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service Specification/ CustomerFacing ServiceSpec/ CustomerFacingServiceSpec Role ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service Specification/ ResourceFacing ServiceSpec ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service Specification/ ResourceFacing ServiceSpec/ ResourceFacing ServiceSpec Role ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Service Specification/ ResourceFacing ServiceSpec/ Service Bundle ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource Domain
Resource/ Resource ABE	3.7		^**Low Conformance Core entity, required attributes, 90% of dependent entities supported.	8.5	Very High Conformance
Resource/ LogicalResource/ LogicalResource ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/Address ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Device Interface/ Device Interface ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Logical Device ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Managed Transmission/ Managed Transmission ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Managed Transmission/ Termination Point ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Network ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Protocol Service/ Protocol Service ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Protocol Service/ Routed Protocols ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Protocol Service/ LAN Protocols ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ LogicalResource/ Protocol Service/ Switching Protocols ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ PhysicalResource ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Auxiliary Component ABE	3.7		**Low Conformance Core entity, required attributes, 80% of dependent entities supported.	6.2	High Conformance
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Equipment ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Equipment Holder/ EquipmentHolder ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Equipment Holder/ HolderAtomic ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Equipment Holder/ HolderComposite ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Hardware ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Physical Capacity ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Physical Component ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ PhysicalResource/ Physical Device ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource/ Resource Order ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource Specification/ Resource Specification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource Specification/ Compound Resource Specification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource Specification/ LogicalResource Specification/ LogicalResource Specification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource Specification/ LogicalResource Specification/ Logical Role Specification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource Specification/ PhysicalResource Specification/ PhysicalResource Specification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Resource Specification/ PhysicalResource Specification/ PhysicalRole Specification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Supplier/Partner Domain
Supplier/ Partner ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Enterprise Domain
Workforce/ Work ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Workforce/ Workforce Resource ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.
Workforce/ WorkSpecification ABE	7		Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.	10	Full Conformance Core entity, required attributes, dependent entities, required attributes of dependent entities, all attributes of the core entity, all attributes of dependent entities supported.

** Ericsson Note: These ABEs have been considered solely from the perspective of those entities customers commonly document in their network inventory solutions. Before this backdrop Ericsson has deliberately refrained from striving for a higher SID “Maturity Conformance” score.

For more comprehensive results for the overall Assessment, please access the full Certification Report in the Downloads area below.

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