Information Model: a Centerpiece for Teaching Telecoms Network Management

Teaching telecoms network mgmt can be very challenging. The aspiration is to give our students an end to end view of the telecom service provider domain. The emphasis is on the understanding of the service provider´s (SP) needs, exploring technology solution sets, and developing an integrated approach to Network Mgmt. The background knowledge required to appreciate the course content is wide. The use of an information model (IM) has been found to be useful in giving the students the understanding of the interaction of the components within a SP as well as the end to envision while allowing to appreciate the detail when required. This paper details our course, its content and usage of the TMF´s IM to facilitate the teaching of the course. Our paper discusses one method, usage of developing industry information models (IM), as a method we have employed to overcome this. We discuss how we have structured the content, assessments tasks and assessment reviews to give a unified view into the course goals.