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The Project:
The Service Lifecycle Model Project is in the process of assembling industry leaders who to agree that a fully functioning service layer is the best way to overcome the industries current challenges and that SLM is the best place to start
Phase I – Industry Leadership:
(Current)
CSP Participant Members will provide the Service Lifecycle Model Project real world requirements to enhance the value of the Service Lifecycle Model
Phase II – “Will Work for
Requirements”:
CSP Participant Members will provide the Service Lifecycle Model Project real world requirements to enhance the value of the Service Lifecycle Model.
Phase III – Implementation and Test:
The CSP clients will engage and use the model to leverage the value of easier integration and faster service deployments. Access to our test facility will be available for all CSP members.
The Plan
Extensive work is underway throughout the industry in the form of standards that the SLM incorporates. These standards can be as simple as defining terms, or as complex as a data model or interaction diagrams.
The Service Lifecycle Model Project members are actively participating in the definition and use of standards that support the framework for a Service Lifecycle Model. Current activities include:
•
PSA Initiative started down the
right path of creating service definitions
for assembly and cataloging. This standard
is widely accepted as the cornerstone of a
Service Catalog solution.
• TMForum Shared Information Data (SID)
model to represent business and network
objects and their relations.
• TMForum Service Delivery Framework (SDF)
reference architecture and interfaces for
Management Support (EMS/NMS), Infrastructure
Support (catalog, usage, QoS/SLA), and
Service Management Support
(Provisioning/Activation).
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ATIS Service Oriented Networks (SON),
focusing on areas to apply SOA principles to
telecommunications OSS/BSS, evaluating and
defining SDP, Service Orchestration, and
Service Creation, among other topics.
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OASIS Telecom, addresses the
specific and unique needs of communications
companies in establishing a SOA environment.
• IEEE research in models and interfaces
that support network execution and interface
services.
• And others are undergoing similar
initiatives, but at different layers (OASIS
– IT SOA/Services, IEEE – network execution
and interface services).
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