Category: (2) TAM Application Type
Application Identifier: 7.1.8
Maturity Level: 4
Overview
The focus of this application is the general network
architecture and capacity, together with the strategy for the deployment of
network and IT technology within the architecture. It predominately supports
processes in Strategy, Infrastructure and Product wing of the Business Process
Framework.
Functionality
Such systems are used as follows.
- Analyze demand forecasts and utilization trends
- Determine optimum network deployments -Determine
optimum network deployments, such as tier structuring and resilient
topologies.
- Support Strategic Network Sizing Decisions
-Support strategic decisions as to which locations and which links to grow or
shrink across the network
- Determine which locations are to become strategic
sites.
The result can be inventoried in either strategic or
tactical planning system, but data will need to exist in both to support
interworking.
- Introduce new technologies into the network
- Determine Network vendors, Devices and
Configuration - Determine which vendors are to be used, which vendor devices
are to be purchased and the configurations of those devices that will be
deployed.
- Determine the role of different technologies in
the network.
For example, this will determine the balance of data
and transmission networks and the location of data centers within the network.
Such decisions are fed directly to tactical planning for
implementation.
- Specify the Generalized Resource Device and
Technology Requirements- Specify the resource device and technologies in
sufficient detail to enable Tactical Planning to create device and technology
instances.
- Support Radio Spectrum Allocation- Support Radio
spectrum allocation a specialist area within Strategic Planning.
- Determining interconnect sites and capacity to
other CSPs -
- Support Strategic Data Centre locations, sizing,
interconnectivity and resilience
- Selection of application server vendors and
infrastructure applications, such as those found in IMS.
- Support Partner Management with volume
requirements- Support Partner Management to ensure that network vendors are
aware of the changes in demand that a change in CSP strategy will make on
them.
This aspect of Partner Management will result in
vendors enhancing or reducing their production capacity to meet the anticipated
medium and long term demand. Many strategic technology decisions come under
pressure in their execution because vendors have not been forewarned about the
demand and have not been able to expand production capacity in time. This
function greatly improves the effectiveness of the supply
chain.
Supported Business Services
To be determined by the NGOSS Contract Implementation
Program.
