Order Handling in Convergent Environments
This addresses the problem of efficient order processing in convergent telecommunication environments, with potential applicability to other heterogeneous settings, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing enterprise integration concepts.
The paper tackles the challenge of rapid service creation in competitive telecommunications markets by proposing a design approach for order management processes, establishing an abstract framework and design guidelines for transaction handling.
The rapid development of IT&T technology had big impact on the traditional telecommunications market, transforming it from monopolistic market to highly competitive high-tech market where new services are required to be created frequently. This paper aims to describe a design approach that puts order management process (as part of enterprise application integration) in function of rapid service creation. In the text we will present a framework for collaborative order handling supporting convergent services. The design splits the order handling processes in convergent environments in three business process groups: order capture, order management and order fulfillment. The paper establishes abstract framework for order handling and provides design guidelines for transaction handling implementation based on the checkpoint and inverse command strategy. The proposed design approach is based in a convergent telecommunication environment. Same principles are applicable in solving problems of collaboration in function of order processing in any given heterogeneous environment.