Conformance
Independently verify and certify how well your business processes, information models or Open APIs align with the defined industry standards.
Companies who achieve Conformance Certification for their products and solutions can formally demonstrate their conformance with supporting evidence.
Who is the Assessment for?
Two types of organizations undertake these assessments, each with their own goals for certifying their adherence to the Business Process Framework, Information Framework, and Open APIs:
- A technology supplier of a commercial product or solution that has used the standardized business processes, information models or Open APIs may seek certification to demonstrate their level of conformance to the marketplace.
- A communication service provider (CSP) who has leveraged TM Forum standards to optimize their internal operations may seek certification of their conformance to understand how well they have adopted the standards.
Types of Conformance:
- Business Process Framework (eTOM) Conformance
- Information Framework (SID) Conformance
- Open API Conformance
Conformance
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Conformance
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Success
stories
Read about companies that have achieved Conformance certification and reaped the benefits
Benefits of Certification
When both the buyer and seller of conformant products and solutions come to the table with a detailed understanding of the scope and degree of conformance in the target business domain, they will jointly reduce the costs and risks associated with both procurement and integration.
As the industry moves more towards adoption of standards the significant savings made from reusable processes can be re-directed towards innovation and competitive differentiation.
- Insight into where and to what degree you have successfully adopted industry agreed methodology and models
- Facilitates the simplification of the procurement process by allowing the linking of Conformance results achieved to specific requirements mandated in RFxs
- Reduces the time, costs and risks associated with procurement and integration of TM Forum conformant products and solutions
- An independent and unbiased verification and certification of your level of conformance provided by TM Forum – a known and trusted non-profit third party partner
- Use of TM Forum’s accreditation which demonstrates internally and externally your commitment to the industry best practices and standards
Explore the TM Forum members’ stories about TM Forum Conformance Certification and learn about the benefits they have reaped as a result.
Supplier benefits
- Independent audit of how well your products and solutions align to the business process, information models or Open APIs.
- Detailed certification report that verifies your level of conformance.
- Optimize processes & information/data models.
- Market differentiation through standards adoption.
- Reduce risk by providing industry standards-based information.
- Business agility – empowered by compliance with standards.
- Partnering – adopt a common language with customers and partners.
- Unleash new business opportunities.
Service provider benefits
- Understand how fully TM Forum’s standards have been adopted inside your organization.
- Independent audit of strategy and operations.
- Receive a detailed certification report that verifies your level of conformance.
- Optimize operations.
- Discover new business opportunities and reduce customer churn.
- Improve profits and business agility.
- Speed deployment of services delivered via a value-chain of partners.
- Reduce internal and external integration time and costs.
Get Certified
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Resources
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Education & development
Get your team trained on the Business Process Framework, the Information Framework, the Application Framework and Open APIs to implement the standards & best practices in your business.