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Digital Business Ecosystems Fundamentals Course

Understand how TM Forum’s best practices are used to enable IoT services and create digital business ecosystems.

The way we do business and offer services is transforming, with the delivery of IoT services often involving complex groupings of partners and suppliers. With the complexity of multiple partners, business models and stakeholders it gets complicated very quickly!

Using industry best practices and the ecosystem modeling framework, this training course will enable you to understand how ecosystems are changing the fundamentals of the business world and introduces a common language, a way of thinking and a methodology to help you address the challenges and opportunities in this space.

A variety of industry use cases will be reviewed to see how the concepts covered are put into practice.

Level: Foundation

Pre-requisites: An interest in delivery of IoT services and business ecosystems

Duration: Self-paced / 1 day

Access period: *30 days (default) from date of enrolment.
*Note:
1) Does not apply for enterprise deals (they have fixed end-date)  
2) Simultaneous multiple course or bundle enrolment will grant 30 days x #courses for all courses simultaneously enrolled (e.g. 2 courses = 60-day access, 3 courses = 90 days, etc.)

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Who should attend?

This course is suitable for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn about ecosystems, business or technical. This course is appropriate for most levels of experience.

Course Syllabus

  1. Module 1 What is a business ecosystem?
  2. Module 2 What are the key components of a business ecosystem?
  3. Module 3 Platforms and ecosystems in action
  4. Module 4 WTM Forum B2B2X business scenario blueprint – ecosystem modeling framework
  5. Module 5 Key TMF assets to support the ecosystem modeling framework
  6. Module 6 TM Forum partnering guide defining the relationships between ecosystem stakeholders
  7. Module 7 How the TM Forum tool, CurateFx, is being used to develop new business models and ecosystems?
  8. Module 8 Wrap up and review

What will you learn?

  • Key concepts and elements of a business ecosystem
  • Understand the relationship between business ecosystems and business models
  • TM Forum’s B2B2X Business scenario blueprint for digital business ecosystem projects
  • Use the Business Model Canvas to develop business models, and how other business canvases can be used for platform business models.
  • Understand how TM Forum’s Partnering guide is used to define the financial, operational and contractual relationships between ecosystem stakeholders.
  • Learn why the Platform business model is so important for many digital business ecosystems
  • How TM Forum’s business ecosystem modelling tool is being used by CSPs, vendors and system integrators to develop new business models and ecosystems.

Exclusive to TM Forum training, you will learn about ways to apply TM Forum’s best practices to accelerate your ecosystem projects:

  • TM Forum B2B2X Business Scenario Methodology
  • TM Forum Partnering Guide
  • TM Forum Business Ecosystem Modelling Tool, CurateFx

Certification

A course attendance certificate is issued on satisfactory completion of the course. There is a knowledge certification exam also associated with the course material.

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Digital Business Ecosystems Practitioners’ Course (onsite)


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