<p>Copyright TM Forum 2008<br/></p><p><br/></p><p><b>Overview</b><br/></p><p>Resource Lifecycle Management (IT, APPS & Network)<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Lifecycle management is fundamentally responsible for adding, churning and removing network and IT capacity. Where capacity is added, it is made available to subsequent Utilization, Quality and Accounting management.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Lifecycle management provides support for both Operational and Strategy, Infrastructure and Product wings of eTOM<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Five specialist resource development and management applications are proposed here.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p><ul><li>Strategic Planning</li><br/></p><p><li>Planning Design Automation</li><br/></p><p><li>Tactical Planning</li><br/></p><p><li>Implementation Planning</li><br/></p><p><li>Job Control and Delivery Management</li><br/></p><p></ul><br/></p><p>These represent distinct, real world planning functions and may consist of sub-functions. They apply to all network engineering for fixed, mobile and cable and IT applications. The term 'networked resource' is used for the totality of applications and network used to deliver the applications to consumers over any form of network media.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p>The Resource Lifecycle Management is responsible for managing the end-end lifecycle of the resource.<br/></p><p><br/></p><p><b>Functionality</b><br/></p><p><i>To Be Added</i><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><b>Supported Contracts</b><br/></p><p><i>To Be Added</i><br/></p>