NGOSS Distilled by John Reilly & Martin Creaner is the first book to provide a no nonsense explanation of how all the NGOSS components fit together and how today's telecoms solution designers can bring immediate benefits to their business through the adoption of NGOSS.

Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the subject, NGOSS Distilled takes the reader through a step by step explanation of the
core NGOSS components including:

• eTOM: The enhanced Telecoms Operations Map is an industry-agreed set of integrated business process descriptions, created with today's customer-centric market in mind, used for mapping and analyzing operational processes.
• SID: The Shared Information & Data model is a comprehensive information architecture for the Telecoms Industry.
• NGOSS Integration Framework:? The core architectural principles for designing an NGOSS compliant solution.

NGOSS Distilled goes beyond describing NGOSS in easy to grasp terminology. It also explains how to use each of the component parts of NGOSS to gain immediate business value, and reinforces this with some practical case studies of how this has been done in real life. Learn how to use the SID to aid new development projects or as an application integration framework. Learn how to use the eTOM to map your existing operational processes and develop new process flows. And much more.

NGOSS Distilled is destined to become an essential reference guide for anyone embarking on the road to improve their OSS/BSS infrastructure.

About the Authors

John P. Reilly is member of the TM Forum’s technical staff and a master trainer for the TM Forum. Part of his technical staff responsibilities include facilitating the work of the Shared Information and Data (SID) model program as well as contributing to the NGOSS Knowledge Certification program. In November 2005 John was elevated to Distinguished Fellow of the TM Forum in recognition of his contribution to the development of NGOSS and the SID. He is also the program lead for the OSS/J Community’s Core Business Entity Model project and a member of the OSS/J Product Team. John is a frequent speaker on telecommunications standards direction, project management, business modeling, and rapid software development techniques. He is the author and co-author of a number of books and articles on these subjects, including the ground-breaking book NGOSS: Distilled and Getting Started with the SID: A SID Modeler’s Guide. He also leads NGOSS Associates, a consulting practice focused on offering NGOSS implementation guidance to TM Forum members. John holds degrees in mathematics and systems engineering.

Martin J. Creaner has been working and advising in the Telecoms Industry for 20 years and is presently President and Chief Technical Officer of the TM Forum. Prior to joining the TM Forum, Martin held a number of executive positions with BT, the major UK based European Communications Service Provider, and with Motorola, the global Wireless Networks Equipment. Martin is also the Chairman of Selatra Ltd, a mobile games developer/publisher for the global marketplace. Martin is widely published and is featured and quoted regularly in telecommunications business and trade journals.