The IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for Product Development and Retirement manages creation and retirement of products, services, or collections of products or services such as product bundles or service bundles in the telecommunications industry.
The Product Development and Retirement collaboration does not have functional relationships with other WebSphere Business Integration for Telecommunications collaborations, as shown in the following diagram:
The Customer Problem Handling collaboration handles operations related to developing and retiring products and services within the business domain of product lifecycle management.
The diagram below shows the position of the collaboration in the enhanced Telecom Operation Map (eTOM) as defined by the TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum).
The following business rules apply to the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaboration for Product Development and Retirement:
The Product Development and Retirement collaboration does not currently support the following function points:
Like the other WebSphere Business Integration for Telecommunications collaborations, the Product Development and Retirement collaboration uses WebSphere MQ Workflow Server and IBM WebSphere InterChange Server. IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapters are used to connect between these two applications, and to other applications that participate in the collaboration.
It is assumed that the following applications also participate in the Product Development and Retirement collaboration:
This collaboration uses the collaboration templates listed below:
The system features that are expected to execute this collaboration, including IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapters, are shown in the following diagram:
This process involves the development and delivery of a product, service, or other item to the market. The process begins when a new item offering is proposed, and is completed when a salable item is available on the market.
The Product Development and Retirement use case has a single actor, a marketing analyst. The marketing analyst is responsible for the development of products and services that can be offered to clients or subscribers.
The following tables describe the main course and the alternate course that may be followed in the Product Development and Retirement use case
# | Activity by the actor | System activity | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
M1 | Enter item search criteria | Find and retrieves item from product catalog | 1 |
M2 | Enter item data | Add item to product catalog | |
M3 | Set item status | Record item detail |
# | Activity by the actor | System activity | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Verify item data | M3 | |
Modify item data | Update item | M3 |
The following activity diagram illustrates the Product Development and Retirement use case:
Note: In the activity diagrams, these shapes are used to identify process activities:
The following business examples show situations where the Product Development and Retirement use case is realized.
This example consists of the following steps:
This example consists of the following steps: