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Learn to implement TM Forum’s common information model to improve your company’s agility, flexibility and accuracy.

Speaking the same language, understanding the meaning of the words used and having access to information is of vital importance to the success of any business. A common information model provides the definitions that you need to bring your common language to life in your business.

TM Forum’s Information Framework Fundamentals (12-month-access) certification helps you get started and then reach implementation stage quickly by taking the guess work out of creating a common information model. We’ll show you how to take the thousands of words and concepts related to managing a business and create a common and simple way to define and communicate them, all based on the TM Forum Information Framework which is widely used by thousands of service providers and suppliers around the world.

Learn to avoid common misunderstandings by using a standardized format to identify and define entities, their attributes and their relationships with each other, saving you hundreds of hours of project work.

With this class you will also add a new skill to your professional resume while helping your company systematically improve the way it does business.

Level: Fundamentals

Pre-requisites:
Open Digital Architecture (ODA) Overview – Certification – Awareness Level is recommended
Business Process Framework (eTOM) – Certification – Fundamentals Level is recommended

Duration: Self-paced / 1 day

Access period: *12 months (default) from date of enrolment.
Within one week, access will be granted to TM Forum’s online training portfolio of Awareness-level courses in the online learning portal catalog, for the duration of your learning path access.
*Note: Might not apply for enterprise deals (they may have custom end-date)

Note: This certification is suitable for a non-technical audience. However, being familiar with Unified Modelling language (UML) is suggested.

Register to take this certification online:

Member price	Non-member price
US$ 945	US$ 1,135

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Take the training course for this certification in-person (onsite or virtual):

Course objectives

To acquire knowledge to model any aspect of corporate information and produce software solutions that are easier to develop and integrate, easier to sell; designed for flexibility.

To better understand the role of information/data in providing the overall solution, highlighting:

• The importance of consistent terminology in streamlining and accelerating projects.
• The ability to more easily bring offerings to market due to flexibility built into solutions that are based on common information models.
• The ability to source the right solutions to satisfy the information requirements that enable you run your business more effectively.

What will you learn?

• Module 1 – Introducing the Information Framework
• Module 2 – Overview of the Information Frameworks role within the Open Digital Architecture
• Module 3 – Information Framework – what is it?
• Module 4 – Practical uses of the Information Framework for the wider community
• Module 5 – Common Information entities
• Module 6 – Summary & wrap-up

Who should attend?

• Software designers
• Systems integrators
• Data modelers
• Solutions Architects
• Anyone creating or responding to a procurement request, such as a Request for Proposal
• Anyone involved in managing or developing a support architecture

Certification

There is a Fundamentals-Level TM Forum Knowledge Certification exam associated with the course material. Passing this exam counts towards TM Forum Certification Paths. Find out more here.