ONAP consumption models whitepaper

Purpose of this paper:

ONAP is an Open Source network automation platform
Over last 2+ years, LFN Community has built the platform with inputs from many communication service providers & vendors
ONAP maturity has been focused on below areas -
- Technical Robustness of the Platform & Use of Modern Software Development Practices
- Functional Maturity of the Platform, Primarily Encompassing Network Automation Scenario / Journeys Supported for As Many Domains As Possible
- Operational Readiness of the Platform, Aligning with Future of Networks & How to Operate Them in Mind
One of the bottlenecks towards consuming ONAP has been a lack of guidance around suggested consumption model, SI led, in-sourced, product-ised (distribution led) or any other
Creation of a world class platform is an art which LFN has been perfecting, it is consumption of that platform in CSPs and considerations towards that, which this white paper is trying to focus on

Table for contributors to white paper and status

Contributor / CSP	Section Responsibility	Status	Comments

Contributor / CSP

Section Responsibility

Status

Comments

Saad Ullah Sheikh (STC)

Cecilia Corbi (TIM)

Beth (Verizon)

Section 1 : Purpose of the Paper

Draft View Available

Beth (Verizon)

Section 2 : Journey of similar initiatives

Marc-Alexandre Choquette (Bell)

Brian Freeman (AT&T)

Vodafone (Atul)

China Mobile (Lei Huang)

Section 3 : Consumption Models

Semi Draft, Needs Work

Need AT&T & Bell's inputs (Skills ?, process ?)

Should we outline process / few points for other options ?

White Paper Action Log and Allocation

Contributor / Action On	Action	By When	Comments

Contributor / Action On	Action	By When	Comments
Saad / Cecilia	Section 1 Enhance the section with diagrams / rough sketches is ok, we will ask MAC to help with designer graphics Lift and shift content relevant to other sections	6th December 2019
All Others	Review Section 1 / Place comments with your name and rational Add any other additional content / diagram etc...	6th December 2019	Keep in mind that this section is introduction, leverage some of the comments from Lingli, I think there is some good messaging there
Call for Volunteers	Section 2 Pick 3 open source projects and create 5-10 bullet points and one timeline infographic diagram, even if it is drawn by pen and photo pasted it is ok Example - Open Source MANO, OpenStack, etc...	6th December 2019	This section is blank, Beth is struggling with time and hence we need more volunteers
Brian / Scott (AT&T)	Wrt to this topic, what is sharable by AT&T Please articulate on section 3 with any diagrams, ANY contribution is valuable	6th Dec 2019
Marc (Bell)	Bell has some interesting story to say, Marc can you please add some content / diagrams ? Bell's journey or model that you can share publically	6th Dec 2019	If Marc does not join, Atul to reach out to Marc by this Friday 6th Dec '19
Atul (Vodafone)	Add content and diagrams Refactor content with instead of Pros Cons, features / benefits - take comments of S.American markets into consideration (Telecom Argentina) - one market's pros can be other market's cons, the paper has to reflect reality without biasness to any model	6th Dec 2019	Atul to start producing a consolidated view

Actions from Jan 2020 Prague Committee Meeting

Date / Action	Action On	Resolution	Notes

Date / Action	Action On	Resolution	Notes
Date / Action	Action On	Resolution	Notes
14th January 2020 (Prague) Introduction section to be cleansed, move relevant sections to right places and add diagrams (indicative)	Joint / Atul
14th January 2020 (Prague) Section 2, example projects	Beth (Atul to pick if Beth is busy)
14th Jan 2020 (TBC by January end 2020) ONAP Survey Creation & Publication	Lei / Jim	Survey completed, results to be curated for white paper on 11th Feb 2020

Timeline	Key Milestone

Timeline	Key Milestone
Complete the Paper Content	Feb 25th 2020
Share with sister committees & request feedback	March 10th 2020
Share a form paper with Brandon for MAC magic	March 11th 2020
Publication Planned (Just in time for ONES, NA)	March 30th 2020