System and Method for Using Lifecycle Telecommunications Expense Management (TEM) Data to Predict the Outcome of Changes to Telecommunications Infrastructure

• US 20100049587A1
• Filed: 02/25/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Shea, John, Nevarez, Hector, Dunetz, Kevin, Smith, Kathy, Gorman, Mike
• Application Number:
  US12/392,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20100049587A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06375 Prediction of business process outcome or impact based on a proposed change
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management

Abstract

In some embodiments, a method includes calculating costs associated with migration from a telecommunications infrastructure in a first configuration to the telecommunications infrastructure in a second configuration. The migration is based on a first infrastructure data and a second infrastructure data. The first infrastructure data is associated with the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration and the second infrastructure data is associated with the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration. A predictive migration model is generated based on the calculated costs, the first infrastructure data, and the second infrastructure data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

calculating costs associated with migration from a telecommunications infrastructure in a first configuration to the telecommunications infrastructure in a second configuration based on a first infrastructure data and a second infrastructure data, the first infrastructure data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration, the second infrastructure data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration; and

generating a predictive migration model based on the calculated costs, the first infrastructure data and the second infrastructure data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending an output associated with the predictive migration model to an output module configured to display the output, the output being displayed in at least one of a graphical format, a tabular format, or a spreadsheet format.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration is associated with a telecommunications infrastructure at a first time and the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration is associated with a telecommunications infrastructure at a second time later than the first time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predictive migration model includes at least one of a cost analysis, a performance-against-industry benchmark analysis, or a data representation of a physical network diagram of the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second infrastructure data is associated with user-selected telecommunications infrastructure criteria including at least one of a service provider identifier, a service identifier, a wireless device identifier, a total number of circuits to be converted, a total number of circuits to be converted per month, a total number of wireless users to be converted, a conversion start date, or an industry benchmark.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first infrastructure data includes pricing associated with a first carrier service provider and a first time, and a second infrastructure data includes pricing associated with a second carrier service provider and a second time later than the first time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating includes calculating based on a comparison of at least one of a cost of circuit disconnect orders for the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration with a cost of circuit connection orders for the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration, or early contractual termination fees for the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration with costs of new technology to support the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration.

8. A method, comprising:

calculating upfront costs associated with migration from a telecommunications infrastructure in a first configuration to the telecommunications infrastructure in a second configuration, the calculating being based on at least one of a cost of circuit disconnect orders for the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration, a cost of circuit connection orders for the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration, early contractual termination fees for the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration, or a cost of new technology to support the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration;

calculating a return-on-investment timeframe associated with the migration;

calculating an amount of cost savings associated with the migration; and

sending an output to an output module configured to display the output, the output being associated with a prediction of a business impact of the migration based on the upfront costs, the return-on-investment, and the amount of cost savings.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the calculating upfront costs, the calculating the return-on-investment timeframe, the calculating the amount of cost savings, and the sending are performed by a business intelligence engine.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration is associated with a telecommunications infrastructure at a first time and the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration is associated with a telecommunications infrastructure at a second time later than the first time.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration is defined, at least in part, by user-selected telecommunications infrastructure criteria including at least one of a service provider identifier, a service identifier, a wireless device identifier, a total number of circuits to be converted, a total number of circuits to be converted per month, a total number of wireless users to be converted, a conversion start date, or an industry benchmark.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the calculating upfront costs is based on a comparison of at least one of the cost of circuit disconnect orders with the cost of circuit connection orders, or the early contractual termination fees with the cost of new technology.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the calculating the amount of cost savings includes subtracting a cost of the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration over a time period from a cost of the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration over the time period.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the calculating the return-on-investment timeframe is based on the amount of cost savings and the upfront costs.

15. A method, comprising:

generating a predictive model configured to predict a business impact of migration from a telecommunications infrastructure in a first configuration to the telecommunications infrastructure in a second configuration, the predictive model having calculated data that is based on a data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration and data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration, the calculated data including at least one of upfront costs associated with the migration, a return-on-investment timeframe associated with the migration, or an amount of cost savings associated with the migration; and

sending an output associated with the predictive model to an output module configured to display the output, the output including a representation of a prediction of the business impact based on the calculated data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the output is displayed in at least one of a graphical format, a tabular format, or a spreadsheet format.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the telecommunications infrastructure in the first configuration is associated with a telecommunications infrastructure at a first time and the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration is associated with a telecommunications infrastructure at a second time later than the first time.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the calculated data includes at least one of a cost analysis, a performance-against-industry benchmark analysis, or a data representation of a physical network diagram of the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure in the second configuration is associated with user-selected telecommunications infrastructure criteria including at least one of a service provider identifier, a service identifier, a wireless device identifier, a total number of circuits to be converted, a total number of circuits to be converted per month, a total number of wireless users to be converted, a conversion start date, or an industry benchmark.

20. A method, comprising:

receiving telecommunications industry benchmark information and infrastructure data for a telecommunications infrastructure;

calculating performance data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure at a first time and performance data associated with the telecommunication infrastructure at a second time based on the infrastructure data; and

sending an indicator of the performance data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure at a first time, an indicator of the performance data associated with the telecommunication infrastructure at a second time, and an indicator of the industry benchmark information such that the industry benchmark information and at least one of the performance data associated with the telecommunications infrastructure at a first time and performance data associated with the telecommunication infrastructure at a second time are compared.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

sending a trend indicator based on the performance data associated with for the telecommunications infrastructure at a first time and performance data associated with the telecommunication infrastructure at a second time based on the infrastructure data.