1. Task 29 Scope – Party (L=ChrisH)
Purpose – add Party support {Organization (Unit) and Individual} to the model
Specifically – add a Party framework model that can be extended as required
Includes – party role, contact details, software agent support ?
Excludes – Creating a full blown BSS implementation, CRM (customer relationship) support, HRM (human resources) support, user (account), RBAC or other security concerns, Business Interaction, Marketing Demographics, temporal support
External Dependencies – none
Assumptions – none
Risks – none

2. Team Members
Leader - Chris Hartley
Members
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3. IPR Declaration Is there any IPR associated with this presentation NO
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4. Need for Party Model
A Party model allows us to centralise all individual and organization related information
It answers the question “Who ?”
It prevents having the information spread through the model in inconsistent ways
This is a common solution for information systems
We will provide a simple model that can be extended or replaced by a more comprehensive solution if required

5. Particular Scenarios we wish to support
Site (Location Contact)
Equipment support contact
Multi-tenant customer / owner details

6. TMF SID Party model (in party module)
The SID Party model is a bit heavyweight for what we need, but may serve as a good starting point
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7. Proposed Model – Package Dependencies

8. Book References
Because the Party model is so often used, it is documented in many books and papers. Two of the best books are shown to the right and a few good references have been added below.
Dealing with Roles - Martin Fowler
The Coad Letter: Modeling and Design
(UML Version)

9. Proposed Model

10. Proposed Model – Linking into the CIM Core
Linking the inventory model to the Party model via CD decouples the two modules. It allows inventory items to be grouped, reducing the number of association instances to be managed and also giving more sensible semantics. It also reduces the number of associations in the model. *
CdHasRelatedPartyRoles *