TF-MSP Management of Service Portfolios

The purpose of the task force TF-MSP is to promote collaboration between research and education networking organisations in Europe in the area of management of service portfolios.

TF-MSP continues the work started in TF-LCPM that completed its work in December 2007

TF-MSP will look at the common organisational aspects of finding, developing and introducing new services, supporting them during their production phase and eventual withdrawal.

The deliverables of TF-MSP will provide tools and information to assist NREN managers and NREN staff at all levels to manage their portfolio of services. In particular, TF-MSP will provide a forum in which issues that arise at the boundary between management and technical aspects of service management can be explored.

The last meeting of TF-MSP was held at the end of September 2008, hosted by SWITCH is ZURICH, Switzerland. Part of the meeting was held between members of the TF-MSP task force, and one half-day jointly with TF-PR. There were some lively discussions which are reported in the meeting notes.

A major discussion item in the joint meeting was the development of the document
The Case for NRENs being authored by John Dyer of TERENA. The current version of the paper was completed on 31 October 2008.


TF-MSP Chair:

  • Alberto Pérez Gómez (RedIRIS, Spain)

TERENA contact:

  • John Dyer <John.Dyer@terena.org>

Running period: March 2008 - February 2010

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