WORK PROGRAMME

New NGMN Project activities launched in 2011

In 2011, the NGMN Alliance launched further key activities to enhance industry and technology capabilities and to close gaps in the area of operational efficiency and OSS, network architecture, base station antennas and devices. The following activities have been started:

Introduction

To implement the NGMN vision and accomplish the overall objectives of NGMN, a comprehensive Work Programme has been set up within the NGMN Alliance. The NGMN Work Programme covers key aspects that need to be addressed in order to develop a fertile next-generation mobile broadband ecosystem.

Details on the scope and objectives of the NGMN Work Programme and on the strategic roadmap of NGMN can be found at SCOPE.

Projects

To execute the NGMN Work Programme, a number of projects have been established within the NGMN Alliance. Each project has a defined scope and dedicated objectives and is staffed with participants from the NGMN Partners (Members, Sponsors, and Advisors) as appropriate. Currently, the following projects are being executed within NGMN:

Working Principles

The NGMN Work Programme is a collaborative work programme in which all NGMN Partners (Members, Sponsors and Advisors) contribute to agreed project objectives and deliverables on a voluntary basis at their own costs.

The NGMN Work Programme is governed by a tollgate process to initiate, approve and finalise Projects and a deliverable process to produce, approve and disseminate/publish NGMN deliverables which are required to achieve the NGMN objectives. NGMN Projects are created at the direction of the NGMN Board and supervised by the NGMN Operating Committee. Projects are led by a Project Leader who is a representative from an NGMN Member or Sponsor.

Participants of Projects may adopt different roles such as Lead, Contributor, or Reviewer. In addition, the NGMN Programme Office is supporting the Projects in the areas of programme and process management, tools, electronic communication and workplace facilities, as well as administrative matters. Projects are organised as virtual distributed teams which make extensive use of electronic communications and teleconferencing, but also conduct regular physical meetings and workshops.

In general, work within the NGMN Work Programme is contribution-driven, i.e. depends largely on the active involvement and contributions from the individual NGMN Partners. Decision making and the creation, review and agreement of deliverables are generally based on a consensus principle. All deliverables require final approval by the Operating Committee and/or Board.