Category Archives: Product Management

Who are the Service Owners?

As we enter the challenging environment of service management, one question arises naturally. We are managing the services but who owns them within the organization? The answer should be obvious but surprisingly it is not that simple for most operators. In a typical SQM / Service Management project, we have to interface with the service… Read More »

Customer Facing Services and the Granularity

According to TMForum, Customer Facing Service is a service that is represented as product offerings. This is quite explanatory. Another definition could be: Customer Facing Service (CFS) is any service that resides in the product/service catalog and interacts with the customer. A voice mail, site-to-site VPN, GSM voice, SMS etc. are all kinds of CFSs.… Read More »