Company: Sigma Systems
Product Title: Catalog v7.1
Frameworx Version: 18.5
Assessment Completion Date: May 2019
Detailed Certification Report: Frameworx 18.5 Final Certification Report for Sigma Systems Catalog v7.1 v1.0

General Overview

This webpage and report provides details of Sigma Systems’ self-assessment and TM Forum’s Conformance Assessment of Sigma Catalog v7.1 product, against the following Frameworx components:

• Business Process Framework (eTOM) version 18.5

The assessment was based on a review of:

• The methodology approach to process modeling against the TM Forum’s Business Process Framework Release 18.5 according to the specific processes submitted in scope for the Assessment.

Product Functionality/Capability Overview

Sigma Catalog v7.1 – Product Overview

Critical to the ability of communication service providers (CSPs), media and high‐tech companies to operate successfully and profitably in an increasingly competitive and convergent marketplace is the capability to introduce and manage effectively a portfolio of products that are relevant to customers, released at the most opportune time, and done so at a low cost. The Sigma Catalog solution is designed specifically to manage the end‐to‐end processes and product data relevant to the product development, product launch, and in‐life product management activities of an organization. In so doing, Sigma Catalog enables true product management transformation. Sigma Catalog provides organizations with the essential components of a full product lifecycle management (PLM) framework and product data management (PDM) capability. Sigma Catalog is an automated, packaged solution that asserts centralized business control over the product management process by forming the product management platform at the heart of the enterprise. Sigma Catalog synchronizes the product management process and corresponding data into a single, automated, error‐resilient stream through:

• A centralized product and service catalog, providing master data management (MDM) for products and services that are controlled and reusable throughout their lifecycle.
• Best‐practice PLM, with products and services managed through a defined, repeatable, and measurable process.
• Seamless, automated integration, because Sigma Catalog knows the product ecosystem across the applications and has an open, standards‐ and service oriented architecture (SOA)‐ based integration framework, enabling inter‐operation with different platforms and applications.
• Sophisticated reporting and analytics through the Sigma Catalog reporting system for the review and tracking of products and services throughout the lifecycle.
• A 360‐degree view and single‐point‐of‐truth for products, with a global system of record for all product information, reducing inconsistencies across the enterprise.
• Multi‐purpose configuration and build capability delivered by the set of workspaces and tools needed to perform both core component build in the factory, namely in IT and engineering, as well as product packaging and offer creation by marketing, including product managers and business users.

The Sigma Catalog product suite provides the core components necessary to centralize, configure, integrate and maintain the product and service portfolio across the enterprise. At the heart of the solution is the central product and service catalog, which brings together into a single master all of the commercial and technical elements that define the reusable product and service building blocks and resulting offers.

Sigma Catalog Solution

Business Process Framework Level 2 Process Scope

The following figure represents the Business Process Framework Level 2 processes that were presented in scope for the assessment, and the textual callouts represent the components of Sigma Catalog v7.1 that were assessed and support the corresponding Business Process Framework processes according to the Frameworx Conformance results.

Level 2 process coverage for Sigma Catalog v7.1 Assessment

Detailed Certification Report: Frameworx 18.5 Final Certification Report for Sigma Systems Catalog v7.1 v1.0

For more information on Catalog v7.1 and Sigma Systems, please contact:
Drew Jordan
Senior Director, Products, Innovation Lab
Sigma Systems
E-mail : [email protected]

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Disclaimer: TM Forum has conducted no independent testing of the solution for conformance with its frameworks or standards. Such testing has solely been conducted by the supplier or seller of the product and has been self-assessed by the supplier or seller for adherence to the TM Forum framework or standard in question. Accordingly, under no circumstances will TM Forum be liable for any direct or indirect damages or any costs or losses resulting from the use or reliance by any party of or upon such certification.