Frameworx Application: Resource Change Management

Category: (2) TAM Application Type

Application Identifier: 7.5.1

Maturity Level: 4

Overview

The planning functions; Network Design Automation, Strategic, Tactical and Implementation Planning require change management that connects the activities into a set of planning processes. Strategic Planning needs to interwork with suppliers using Partner Management and Tactical Planning needs to connect out through the authorization and purchasing process to vendor ERPs as part of the supply chain. Network engineering generally relies on manual functions which need to be change managed through Job Control. . These various forms of orchestration are brought together in the Job Control and Delivery Management application.

Functionality

This is required to develop and implement planning.

• Provides the orchestration between planning duties and to manual network engineering activities
• Interfaces to Workforce Management
• Supports interface to financial control in order to authorize the expenditure - Supports interface to financial control in order to authorize the expenditure required to purchase the required resources.
• Supports links to vendors ERP- via B2B portals and to internal network engineering duties for in-station and street activities
• Support project management of build projects
• Coordinate project activities with the suppliers
• Provide jeopardy management
• Support collaborative project management across business boundaries,

These functions combine to implement the overall change management provess. This means that Job Control and Delivery Management is a sophisticated and highly integrated orchestration application.

Supported Business Services

(2) TAM Application Type Resource Change Management

Appears on these diagrams:

• 7.5 Resource Process Management (Workflow/Integration)

Frameworx Processes (Automated TAM to eTOM)

• Allocate & Install Resource
• Close Resource Order
• Configure & Activate Resource
• Issue Resource Orders
• Recover Resource
• Report Resource Provisioning
• Resource Provisioning
• Test Resource
• Track & Manage Resource Provisioning

Frameworx Domains (Horizontal)

• Resource Domain

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