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Frameworx Process: Manage Resource Inventory

Category: (3) eTOM Process Type

Process Identifier: 1.5.4.5

Original Process Identifier: 1.1.3.1.5

Maturity Level: 4

Description

Establish, manage and administer the enterprise's resource inventory, as embodied in the Resource Inventory Database, and monitor and report on the usage and access to the resource inventory, and the quality of the data maintained in it

Extended Description

The responsibilities of the Manage Resource Inventory processes are twofold - establish, manage and administer the enterprise’s resource inventory, as embodied in the Resource Inventory Database, and monitor and report on the usage and access to the resource inventory, and the quality of the data maintained in it. The resource inventory maintains records of all resource infrastructure and resource instance configuration, version, and status details. It also records test and performance results and any other resource related- information, required to support RM&O and other processes. The resource inventory is also responsible for maintaining the association between service instances and resource instances, created as a result of the Resource Provisioning Management processes. Responsibilities of these processes include, but are not limited to: • Identifying the inventory-relevant information requirements to be captured for resource infrastructure and resource instances; • Identifying, establishing and maintaining resource inventory repository facilities; • Establishing and managing the resource inventory management and information capture processes; • Managing the registration and access control processes that enable processes to create, modify, update, delete and/or download resource data to and from the resource inventory; • Ensuring the resource inventory repository accurately captures and records all identified resource infrastructure and resource instance details, through use of automated or manual audits; • Tracking and monitoring of the usage of, and access to, the resource inventory repository and associated costs, and reporting on the findings • Identifying any technical driven shortcomings of the resource inventory repository, and providing input to Resource Development & Management processes to rectify these issues.

Explanatory

Reserved for future use.

Mandatory

Reserved for future use.

Optional

Reserved for future use.

Interactions

Candidate Explanatory

Reserved for future use.

Candidate Mandatory

The responsibilities of the Manage Resource Inventory processes are twofold - establish, manage and administer the enterprise’s resource inventory, as embodied in the Resource Inventory Database, and monitor and report on the usage and access to the resource inventory, and the quality of the data maintained in it. The resource inventory maintains records of all resource infrastructure and resource instance configuration, version, and status details. It also records test and performance results and any other resource related- information, required to support RM&O and other processes. The resource inventory is also responsible for maintaining the association between service instances and resource instances, created as a result of the Resource Provisioning Management processes. Responsibilities of these processes include, but are not limited to: · Identifying the inventory-relevant information requirements to be captured for resource infrastructure and resource instances; · Identifying, establishing and maintaining resource inventory repository facilities; · Establishing and managing the resource inventory management and information capture processes; · Managing the registration and access control processes that enable processes to create, modify, update, delete and/or download resource data to and from the resource inventory; · Ensuring the resource inventory repository accurately captures and records all identified resource infrastructure and resource instance details, through use of automated or manual audits; · Tracking and monitoring of the usage of, and access to, the resource inventory repository and associated costs, and reporting on the findings; and · Identifying any technical driven shortcomings of the resource inventory repository, and providing input to Resource Development & Management processes to rectify these issues.

Candidate Optional

Reserved for future use.

Candidate Interactions

The responsibilities of the Manage Resource Inventory processes are twofold - establish, manage and administer the enterprise’s resource inventory, as embodied in the Resource Inventory Database, and monitor and report on the usage and access to the resource inventory, and the quality of the data maintained in it. The resource inventory is also responsible for maintaining the association between service instances and resource instances, created as a result of the Resource Provisioning Management processes. Interactions with other processes include, but are not limited to: · Identifying any technical driven shortcomings of the resource inventory repository, and providing input to Resource Development & Management processes to rectify these issues.

(3) eTOM Process Type Manage Resource Inventory

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Issues

  • Business Process Framework 15.0 Modification
  • Business Process Framework 15.5 Modification
  • eHealth View

This was created from the Frameworx 16.0 Model


Created from the TM Forum Model Frameworx 16.0.0 on 6/13/2016 at 22:16