Valuable OSS - Delivering a Return on Your Investment in Operational Support Systems (OSS)
By Ryan Jeffery
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Valuable OSS – Delivering a Return on Your Investment in Operational Support Systems (OSS) consists of a series of articles originally published on PassionateAboutOSS.com that were inspired by two wonderful reports entitled, “CAPEX is king: A new playbook for telecoms execs” and “We need to talk about CAPEX – Benchmarking best practice in telecom capital allocation” respectively.
These two CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) reports highlight a number of the investment challenges that face the telecommunications industry in response to the over the top (OTT) business models that telcos are now competing against.
The name itself, RETURN on Invested Capital (ROIC) implies that some form of feedback loop is required to justify a ROIC. It is the return component that is rarely measured or managed on OSS projects, partly because it is so difficult to measure. This book provides the reader with the means of turning intangibles into measurable returns, for the purpose of justifying an initial OSS business case, as well as future investments.
Valuable OSS builds upon these concepts to provide a series of recommendations on how OSS can contribute a greater amount of value to the organisations that invest the time, effort and capital into them.
Ryan Jeffery
Ryan is an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) consultant with over 15 years of practical experience. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering and has a particular passion for Operational Support Systems (OSS), the solutions that help to monitor and manage complex telecommunications networks.
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Valuable OSS - Delivering a Return on Your Investment in Operational Support Systems (OSS) - Ryan Jeffery
Valuable OSS
Delivering a Return on Your Investment in Operational Support Systems (OSS)
Copyright 2015 Ryan Jeffery and PassionateAboutOSS.com
Published by Ryan Jeffery at Smashwords
Table of Contents
Introduction / Acknowledgements
Chapter One – The CAPEX dichotomy
Chapter Two - Does your OSS provide a return?
Chapter Three - Four inadequate investment justifications
Chapter Four - Four divergent solutions
Chapter Five - An unexpected benefit
Chapter Six - The technology dilemma
Chapter Seven - Should an investment even be made?
Chapter Eight - Getting funding for your OSS
Chapter Nine - The Trillion-Dollar Treasure Chest
Chapter Ten - Conclusion
Contacting the Author
Introduction / Acknowledgements
Valuable OSS – Delivering a Return on Your Investment in Operational Support Systems (OSS) consists of a series of articles originally published on PassionateAboutOSS.com that were inspired by two wonderful reports entitled, CAPEX is king: A new playbook for telecoms execs
and We need to talk about CAPEX – Benchmarking best practice in telecom capital allocation
respectively.
These two CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) reports highlight a number of the investment challenges that