Frameworx Overview - R19.5 - v1.0 In-Person Learner E-Manual
Frameworx Overview - R19.5 - v1.0 In-Person Learner E-Manual
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Housekeeping
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
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Introductions
Name
Company
Professional background
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Structure of the Course
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Module 1:
Frameworx
Introduction
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Today’s Digital Ecosystem
Key Points:
• There is a need for enterprises to differentiate themselves
• The use of Frameworx and best practices help satisfy this need:
• By providing ways to minimize cost, time and risk of improving the planning
and operation of these vital aspects of delivering value to customers
• Leaving each enterprise more scope and more resources, and the
necessary agility, to tackle the differentiation of their offerings
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The Value Fabric (1 of 4)
Deliver
2
directly
What is
1
delivered
3
Deliver
indirectly
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The Value Fabric (2 of 4)
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The Value Fabric (3 of 4)
Fx Catalog Interfaces
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The Value Fabric (4 of 4)
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The Value Fabric Book
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Case Study
Asian Info and Asian Info Client Companies
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Frameworx Summary
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A Recent Adoption Survey
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Frameworx Components
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Frameworx Structure
Frameworx components are organized in a similar structure based on Domains
(Management Areas) and vertical groupings. Not every component framework will use every
Domain
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Creating Value From Frameworx
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Case Study
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Module 2
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5 Goals Achieved using the Business Process Framework
Provide an Manage
enterprise complex
wide process business
discipline relationships
Develop
Be consistent
clearer IT
and re-use
requirements
Reduce
management
time
and cost
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Current Version
Customer
Customer
Product
Product
Common
Common
Service
Service
Resource
Resource
Business Partner
Business Partner
Enterprise
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Two Other Concepts Problem Handling
ProductCustomer
Offering
Isolate
Lifecycle
Problem
Management
Problem &Handling
Gather Customer
Analyze New Problem New
Develop Handling
Product Problem Handling Problem Handling
Rollout/Launch
Isolate Isolate Customer Isolate
DevelopCustomer
Detailed Isolate Customer
Product Offering Offering Business Product
Problem Problem Product Offering
Problem Problem
Ideas Proposal Offering
Problem
Conduct Handling
Product Problem Handling
AssessCustomer
Performance Problem Handling
ManageCustomer
Product
Isolate Customer Isolate Isolate
Offering Acceptance of Existing Product Offering Exit
Problem Problem Problem
Testing Offering
Problem Handling
Gather Customer
Product ProblemProduct
Identify Handling Problem New
Develop Handling
Product
Isolate Isolate Customer Isolate Customer
Offering Ideas Offering Opportunities Offering Opportunity
Problem Problem Problem
and Requirements Concepts
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eTOM hierarchy
S2R Operations
Process Categories / Areas
Domains Market Sales Product Customer Service Resource Business Partner Enterprise
Tasks
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In more detail
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Is a third
level core
process
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Dynamic View 1
Potential Partner Enterprise Web Site
Establish
Log Party Collect Party
Party
Potential Partner
Interaction Data
Relationship
Partner Self On-boarding
Gain
Collect Party Collect Party Approval for
Demographic Profile Party
Agreement
Sales/Marketing
Welcome
New Party
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Business Process Framework Uses
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Business Process Framework Case Study
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AT&T Case Study
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AT&T Case Study Wrap up
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Business Process Framework Quiz
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1. What are two goals of the framework?
A. Create consistent process flows and applications
B. Understand application portfolios and keep management time and cost the same
C. Reducing management time and cost and understand interfaces
D. Provide an enterprise wide process discipline and manage complex business relationships
2. What are the three key concepts that make up the structure of the framework?
A. Vertical process groupings, core processes, and tasks
B. Domains, core processes, tasks
C. Domains, vertical process groupings, tasks
D. Horizontal process groupings, core processes, tasks
3. What is the difference between a core process and a first level task process?
A. There is not difference
B. Only the naming convention
C. A core process can cross domains, while a first level task process cannot
D. A core process manages the lifecycle of a key business entity while a first level task process typically manages a
single state in the lifecycle of a key business entity
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4. How many levels of core processes can be in the decomposition?
A. One
B. Any number
C. Two
D. Three
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Goals Achieved
Reducing time
to market Reducing the
/introduction cost of
of new integration
technologies
Support multiple
Facilitate
implementations
new/existing
from
development
a single model
Reduce
management
time
and cost
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Information Framework domains
Common Market / Sales
Customer
Product
Service
Resource
Business Partner
Enterprise
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Other Key Concepts
Customer ABE
Customer
Customer
Customer Account
Account
Contact
Customer
Credit
Profile
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Unified Modeling Language (UML) Class Diagram
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Information Framework Uses
Starting point
Defining for database
project scope development
Developing
Facilitating
application
application
program
Integration
interfaces
Supporting
procurement
requests
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Mapping to the
Process Framework
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Walkthrough of Mappings Video
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Information Framework Case Study
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DGIT Case Study
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DGIT Case Study Wrap Up
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Information Framework Quiz
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1. What are two goals of the framework?
A. Reducing time to market and keeping application development costs the same
B. Having it aligned with the Business Process Framework and providing a standard information vocabulary
C. Having it aligned with the Application Framework and reducing management time and cost
D. Reducing time to market and reducing the cost of integration
2. What are the three key concepts that make up the structure of the framework?
A. Domains, attributes, and associations
B. Domains, Aggregate Business Entities, and entities
C. Domains, Aggregate Business Entities, and attributes
D. Aggregate Business Entities, attributes, and associations
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4. How many levels of Aggregated Business Entities can be in the framework?
A. One
B. Any number
C. Two
D. Three
5. What is the name of the domain that contains ABEs that could be placed in more than one other domain?
A. Common
B. Common Business Entities
C. Shared
D. Shared Business Entities
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Goals Achieved
Provide a Provide
common standard
application application
language requirements
Facilitate
Enable
mergers &
automation
acquisitions
Guide efficient
system
architecture
development
and
deployment
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Framework Domain
Common Integration
Market / Sales
Customer
Product
Service
Resource
Business Partner
Enterprise
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Structure of the Application Framework (1 of 2)
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Structure of the Application Framework (2 of 2)
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The Application Framework (TAM) V19.5
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Application Framework Uses
Supporting
Defining procurement
project scope requests
Cataloging Designing an
application application
functionality architecture
Identifying
application
owners and
users
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Application Framework Case Study
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Ningbo, China Smart City Case Study
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Smart City Case Study
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Smart City Case Study
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Application Framework Quiz
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1. What are two goals of the framework?
A. Provide a common application language and facilitate mergers & acquisitions
B. Understand application portfolios and define information requirements
C. Understand application portfolios and define process requirements
D. Provide an enterprise wide application discipline and manage application develop time and cost
2. What are the three key concepts that make up the structure of the framework?
A. Vertical application groupings, domains, and functions
B. Domains, applications, and functions
C. Domains, vertical application groupings, and applications
D. Vertical application groupings, applications, and functions
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4. How many levels of applications can be in the framework?
A. One
B. Any number
C. Two
D. Three
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Goals Achieved
Reduce
customization Reduce cost
Reduce
installation
difficulty
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API Ecosystem
The ecosystem contains representational state
transfer, referred to as REST based APIs. A
RESTful API is an API that uses HTTP requests
to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data.
On-boarding to Cash
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APIs mapped to Frameworx domains
Planned
upgrade to
Frameworx
Common
structure in
release 19.5
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API Data Model Fragment
Reference to
Information related entity
Framework
extension
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Open API Uses
Integrate
systems from Define new
multiple interfaces
vendors
Make changes
to systems
quickly
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Connected Care Anywhere
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Case Study
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Connected Care Anywhere Case Study Wrap up
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The Open APIs Quiz
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1. What are two Open APIs goals?
A. Encourage competition and reduce customization
B. Eliminate competition and reduce customization
C. Reduce cost and impose mandatory standardization
D. Reduce cost and encourage mandatory standardization
2. What does the Open APIs have in common with the other core frameworks?
A. Processes
B. Domains
C. Applications
D. Business Entities
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4. What else does the Open APIs provide in addition to interfaces?
A. Guidelines for developing enhancements to the Information Framework and Application Framework
B. Reference implementations and test suites
C. Test suites and TM Forum conformance certification
D. Reference implementations, test suites, and TM Forum conformance certification
5. What is REST?
A. Remote State Transaction
B. Remote State Transfer
C. Representational State Transfer
D. None of the above
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Module 6
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Goals Achieved
Promotion of
superior
performance
areas
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Three Metrics Domains
Customer Operational
Experience Efficiency
(Outside-in View) (All Around View)
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Five Process Focus Areas
Focus Areas
Revenue & Margin
General
Customer
Management
Customer Operational Fulfilment
Experience Efficiency
Assurance
Billing
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Domain Unique Set of Topics
1. Margin/Revenue
2. OpEx/CapEx
3. OpEx/Revenue
RA Revenue Assurance
1. Preferred Access
1. Unit Cost
2.
3.
Customer Time Spent
Usability
Customer Operational 2. Time
3. Rework
4.
5.
Accuracy
Contact Availability
Experience Efficiency 4. Simplicity
5. Process Flexibility
6. Security
& Automation
7. Pricing Flexibility
6. Utilization
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Business Metrics Framework/Scaffold (1 of 4)
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Business Metrics Framework/Scaffold (2 of 4)
Customer Operational
Experience Efficiency
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Business Metrics Framework/Scaffold (3 of 4)
Customer Operational
Experience Process FocusEfficiency
Areas
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Business Metrics Framework/Scaffold (4 of 4)
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Metric Example
Number of Min. Customer Incident Handling Time, Per Customer Incident Resolved
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Metrics Definition Spreadsheet
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Metrics Uses
Measure Assess
trends over groups of
time metrics
Identify
Assess
processes
process
needing
groupings
improvement
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TM Forum Catalyst:
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Metrics Case Study
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Metrics Quiz
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1. What are two Metric goals?
A. Need for measures that focus attention and promotion of superior performance areas
B. Need for measures that focus attention and alignment with the Information Framework
C. Alignment with the Information Framework and comparison with peers
D. Comparison with peers and alignment with the Business Process Framework
2. What are the three domains that are used to organize Metrics?
A. Customer, Enterprise, and Product
B. Revenue and Margin, Customer Experience, and Operational Efficiency
C. Revenue and Margin, Common, and Operational Efficiency
D. Enterprise, Product, and Operational Efficiency
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4. Metrics are organized into what is referred to as
A. Metrics Structure
B. Metrics Scaffold
C. Benchmarking Framework
D. Metrics Benchmarking Framework
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Goals Achieved
Enable
Provide a
deployment
of new
services and
common
point of
reference
Best Practices
products
Accelerate
realization of
benefits
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Business Transformation
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Virtualization Themes
Operations Transformation
Foundational Studies
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Business Metrics
Suggested uses:
• Measure performance trends over time
• Assess and cross-reference groups of metrics
• Assess and measure the effectiveness and
efficiency of an enterprise in specific process
groupings, and
• Point the way to process improvement
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Security Management
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Privacy Management
• A Privacy API
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Risk Management
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Goals Achieved
Delivering a
Increasing personalized
profitability customer
experience
Best Practices
Future-proofing
customer
experience
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O b s e rv e
L e a rn
Be Aware
R eact
R e q u e s t D e ta il
Buying
Interact
R e s e rv e
S e l e c t P r o d u c t / S e r v ic e
P la c e O r d e r
Choose
R e c e iv e
U se
R e v ie w U s a g e
Consume
E v a lu a te V a lu e
M a n a g e P ro file /S e r v ic e
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Using
Manage
R e c e i v e R e s o lu t i o n
R e c e iv e N o tific a tio n
V e r ify o r d is p u te
Pay
To p u p / P a y
E n h a n c e S e le c tio n
Renew
R e n e w c o n tr a c t
R e fe r p r o d u c t/S e r v ic e end
Recomm
Lifecycle Model +
G a in lo y a lty
Feedback
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D is c o n tin u e
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Guidebook
Metrics
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Customer Experience Metrics
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Big Data Analytics (BDA)
Making the Most of Big Data Analytics provides guidance on how to make the best use of business intelligence and
data analytics tools in enterprise-wide activities to increase business performance across the enterprise.
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Available Use Cases
Real-time Personalized Offers while Browsing
Real-time Personalized Offers during Checkout
Real-time Personalized Offers during a Live
Interaction
Real-time Personalized Offers Based on
Location
Real-time Personalized Offers Based on Usage
Real-time Personalized Offers Based on Device
Intelligent Advertising Based on Browsing
History
Stimulating Prepaid to Postpaid Conversion
Enticing Usage from Roaming Customers
Monetizing Mobile Subscribers’ Insights
Proactive customer care and upsell
opportunities based on automated equipment
audit
Product Definition and Development
Product Introduction Analytics
Product Performance Optimization
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Becoming Open and Effectively Partner
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Goals Achieved
Rapidly
Best Practices
addressing
business
problems
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Today’s Digital World Challenges
Machine-To-Machine
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Effectively Partnering
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APPEX Omnichannel
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