Optimisation Support Systems

We’ve heard of OSS being an acronym for operational support systems, operations support systems, even open source software. I have a new one for you today – Optimisation Support Systems – that exists for no purpose other than to drive a mindset shift.

I think we have to transition from “expectations” in a hype sense to “expectations” in a goal sense. NFV is like any technology; it depends on a business case for what it proposes to do. There’s a lot wrong with living up to hype (like, it’s impossible), but living up to the goals set for a technology is never unrealistic. Much of the hype surrounding NFV was never linked to any real business case, any specific goal of the NFV ISG.”
Tom Nolle
in his blog here.

This is a really profound observation (and entire blog) from Tom. Our technology, OSS included, tends to be surrounded by “hyped” expectations – partly from our own optimistic desires, partly from vendor sales pitches. It’s far easier to build our expectations from hype than to actually understand and specify the goals that really matter. Goals that are end-to-end in manner and preferably quantifiable.

When embarking on a technology-led transformation, our aim is to “make things better,” obviously. A list of hundreds of functional requirements might help. However, having an up-front, clear understanding of the small number of use cases you’re optimising for tends to define much clearer goal-driven expectations.

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