F. Depuydt et G. Bilsen, A METHODOLOGY FOR INTEROPERABLE NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT-SYSTEMDESIGN, British telecommunications engineering, 17, 1998, pp. 53-60
This paper discusses a methodology for the design of interoperable net
work management solutions based on the business process needs of a tel
ecommunications network and/or service provider. The methodology is de
rived from open distributed processing (ODP), and allows a top-down re
finement of operational needs down to system specifications in a step-
by step approach. It is illustrated by means of a simplified real-life
example (ISDN provisioning).