CNTT Organizational Governance Framework

1. Common NFVI Telco Taskforce CNTT Structure

2. CNTT | Organizational Structure External Communities CNTT Governance Technical Steering RC NFVI RM Core RA2 Core RI 1 Core RA1 Core RM Ops RC VNF RA2 Ops RA1 Ops RI 1 Labs RI 1 Dev RM Compliance RC Dev RA2 Dev RA1 Dev

3. CNTT | Governance Workstreams and Structure External Communities CNTT Governance Leads: TBA. TBA Governance Steering Marketing & Communications Recruiting, Engagement, & Adoption Lifecycle Management Community Strategies & Oversight Business | Technical Metrics Technical F2F Work Shops

4. CNTT | Governance Workstreams Leads/Co-Leads WSL • Responsibilities: • Define strategies, process, roadmap, & measures to achieve work stream objectives and success • Drive content creation for each corresponding workstream • Deliver on the strategy & plan • Assign issues • Track status and issues • Seek community consensus • Administer approval process . • Drive workstream meetings and agenda • Discuss unresolved issues • Raise any concern to Governance meetings Community Strategies & Oversight TBA, TBA Lifecycle Management TBA, TBA Recruiting, Engagement, & Adoption TBA, TBA Marketing & Communications TBA, TBA Business | Technical Metrics TBA, TBA Technical F2F Work Shops TBA, TBA Note: If you would like to be considered for a lead/co-lead role, please send an email to Jonathan Beltran (jb788y@att.com) and Rabi Abdel (abdel.rabi@Vodafone.com). Note: If you would like to participate in any of these WS, please add your details into https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/CNTT+Workstreams Lead,Co-Lead

5. CNTT | Governance Workstream Scope Community Strategies & Oversight Lifecycle Management Recruiting, Engagement, & Adoption WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: • Recruit operators & suppliers to bring diverse perspective and contributions into the community • Drive membership engagement activities to address community resource demands • Engage industry leaders with Common NFVI value proposition to drive adoption rate • Drive adoption roadmap with VNF Vendors • Define community strategies that align with Common NFVI mission, objectives & outcomes • Review & assess community success measures for required action(s) • Ensure compliance within the community to policies, process, & principles • Define process & tools required to create and manage GSMA / OPNFV feedback loop to RM, RA, RI, & RC • Collect feedback on lifecycle activities | processes | ecosystem to plan, track, & measure improvement initiatives • Drive culture of continuous improvement across Common NFVI Lifecycle Framework • Work Stream List: • Work Stream List: • Work Stream List: Add your name to Work Stream List Add your name to Work Stream List Add your name to Work Stream List Lead,Co-Lead

6. CNTT | Governance Workstream Scope Marketing & Communications Business | Technical Metrics Technical F2F Work Shops WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: • Conduct work shops ~4X yearly • Create agendas that focus on issue resolution & community alignment • Ensure work shop logistical requirements are planned & managed • Ensure work shop artifacts are collected, organized, & stored • Seek opportunities to engage partner communities in work shops • Identify and pursue opportunities to market community services through publication of white papers, press releases, business cases, & media events • Track community external speaking engagements • Create | maintain community messaging to ensure alignment in external communications • Define, create, & publish business value metrics based on ROI, Time to Market, etc. • Define, create, & publish success metrics for community processes and deliverables • Define, create, & publish contribution rates within the community • Define, create & publish adoption rates within the Industry • Work Stream List: • Work Stream List: • Work Stream List: Add your name to Work Stream List Add your name to Work Stream List Add your name to Work Stream List Lead,Co-Lead

7. CNTT | Technical Workstreams and Structure Technical Steering RM Core RC NFVI RA2 Core RI 1 Core RA1 Core RM Ops RC VNF RA2 Ops RA1 Ops RI 1 Labs RI 1 Dev RM Compliance RC Dev RA2 Dev RA1 Dev

8. CNTT | Technical Steering Technical Steering TSL: TBA, TBA Responsibilities: • Bring in alignment between workstreams. • Seek community consensus and host voting when needed. • Drive Technical Steering Meetings and agenda. • Create New workstreams when needed. • Define Vision and Direction • Define Workstreams Scope. • Set Roadmap and Priorities. • Track status and issues. RA2 Core RI 1 Core RA1 Core RM Core RC NFVI RA2 Ops RA1 Ops RM Ops RI 1 Labs RI 1 Dev RC VNF RA2 Dev RA1 Dev RM Compliance RI 1 Dev Lead,Co-Lead

9. CNTT | Deciding on Technical Roadmap GitHub Issues Backlog F2F Workshops CNTT Governance Input Input Input Technical Steering Roadmap Items Roadmap Items Roadmap Items Roadmap Items RA2 Core RI 1 Core RA1 Core RM Core RC NFVI RA2 Ops RA1 Ops RI 1 Labs RI 1 Dev RM Ops RC VNF RA2 Dev RA1 Dev RM Compliance RC Dev

10. CNTT | Technical Workstreams Leads/Co-Leads RM Core WSL TBA, TBA RM Ops TBA, TBA RM Compliance • Responsibilities: • Drive content creation for their corresponding chapters. • Deliver on the Roadmap. • Assign PRs and issues to Committers. • Track status and issues. • Seek community consensus. • Administer approval process and merge approved PRs. • Drive technical meetings and agenda. • Discuss PRs that has not got to a conclusion online. • Raise any concern to Technical Steering meetings. TBA, TBA TBA, TBA TBA, TBA TBA, TBA TBA, TBA TBA, TBA RA2 Core RI 1 Core RA1 Core TBA, TBA TBA, TBA RA2 Ops RA1 Ops RI 1 Labs RI 1 Dev TBA, TBA Note: If you would like to be considered for a lead/co-lead role, please send an email to Jonathan Beltran (jb788y@att.com) and Rabi Abdel (abdel.rabi@Vodafone.com). RA2 Dev RA1 Dev TBA, TBA Note: If you would like to participate as a committer into any of those WS, please add your details into https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/CNTT+Workstreams RC NFVI Lead,Co-Lead TBA, TBA RC VNF TBA, TBA RC Dev TBA, TBA

11. CNTT | RM Technical Workstreams Scope RM Core RM Ops RM Compliance WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: Ch01: Introduction Ch02: Requirements Analysis Ch03: Modelling Ch04: Infrastructure Abstraction Ch05: NFVI Feature set Appendix-A: VNF Guidelines WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: Ch06: Interfaces & APIs Ch07: Security Ch09: Operations and LCM • WSL: TBA, TBA • Scope: • Certification needs/LCM for both VNF and NFVI. • Self Certification and badges requirements. (types, hierarchy, etc) • Ch08: Compliance and Verification Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers List Lead,Co-Lead

12. CNTT | RA 1 Technical Workstreams Scope RA 1 Core RA 1 Ops RA 1 Dev WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: Ch01: Introduction Ch02: Requirements Ch03: High Level Architecture Ch04: Component Level Architecture WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: Ch05: Interfaces & APIs Ch06: Security Ch07: Operations and LCM WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: Gaps analysis of existing technologies, partnership with OpenStack projects and leading development effort to address them. Lead and manage available Engineering resources pool. Ch08: Gaps & Development Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Developers List Lead,Co-Lead

13. CNTT | RA 2 Technical Workstreams Scope RA 2 Core RA 2 Ops RA 2 Dev WSL:, TBA, TBA Scope: Main components selection and choices, strategy, roadmap, etc. Ch01: Introduction Ch02: Requirements Ch03: High Level Architecture Ch04: Component Level Architecture Committers List: WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: Standard interfaces and APIs, Security and LCM. Ch05: Interfaces & APIs Ch06: Security Ch07: Operations and LCM Committers List: WSL:TBA, TBA Scope: Gaps analysis of existing technologies, partnership with existing communities (such as TUG) and leading development effort to address them. Lead and manage available engineering resources pool. Ch08: Gaps & Development Add your name to Committers & Developers List Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers List Lead,Co-Lead

14. CNTT | *RI 1 Technical Workstreams Scope RI 1 Core RI 1 Dev RI 1 Labs • WSL:TBA, TBA • Scope: • Eco-system requirements (Labs, tooling, installers, releases and automation requirements) • NFVI, RI, and VNF Requirements. • Ch01: Introduction • Ch02: NFVI + VNF Target State & Spec • Ch03: RI Requirements. • Ch04: Lab Requirements • Ch05: Installers Requirements • WSL:TBA, TBA • Scope: • Covers installers, automation, etc. • Gap analysis with required actions for existing eco-system within LFN/OPNFV community projects • Assign Engineering resources into community projects to address gaps • Lead and manage Engineering resources pool • Ch07: Gap analysis • WSL:TBA, TBA • Scope: • Procure initial target lab • Ensure all entry / exit criteria met • Assist with lab selection options (LAAS, Community, Self Service) • Release Alignment • Ch06: Lab Operations Add your name to Committers & Developers List Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers List *RI 1 workstreams are part of the CNTT-RI project within OPNFV Lead,Co-Lead

15. CNTT | RC Technical Workstreams Scope RC NFVI RC Dev RC VNF • WSL:TBA, TBA • Scope: • LCM for C&V framework for NFVI • Define E2E Framework Requirements, process and automation for NFVI Certification • Ensure Platform Stability, Operability, & Performance for target RAs • Leverage and Influence Community C&V Strategies. • Provide TC Traceability to RA/RM Requirements and make sure the testing bar is high. • Ch01: Introduction • Ch02: NFVI E2E C&V Framework Requirements • Ch03: NFVI Test Case Requirements • Ch04: NFVI TC Traceability to RA Requirements. • WSL:TBA, TBA • Scope: • Covers framework tools, NFVI + VNF Testing. • Make sure all test cases needed are implemented • Partner with existing LFN testing projects to identify/address gaps. • Place Engineering Resources into community projects to address gaps. • Manage and lead available engineering resources pool. • Ch08: NFVI Tests Traceability to TC Requirements. • Ch09: VNF Tests Traceability to TC Requirements. • Ch10: Gap analysis • WSL:TBA, TBA • Scope: • LCM for C&V framework for VNF • Define E2E Framework Requirements, process, and automation for VNF Certification. • Ensure Platform Stability, Operability, & Performance. • Leverage and Influence Community C&V Strategies. • Provide TC Traceability to RM Requirements and make sure the testing bar is high. • Ch05: VNF E2E C&V Framework Requirements • Ch06: VNF Test Case Requirements • Ch07: VNF TC Traceability to RM Requirements. Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers List Add your name to Committers & Developers List Lead,Co-Lead

16. Common NFVI Telco Taskforce Contribution Process

17. CNTT | Where everything is? https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT https://cntt-n.github.io/CNTT/ https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/wiki Reference Model RM https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/tree/master/doc/ref_model Reference Architecture RA https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/tree/master/doc/ref_arch Reference Implementation RI https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/tree/master/doc/ref_impl

18. CNTT | Committers • Committers are individuals who has special permission on GitHub that give them write access to the repository. It allows them to: • Create PRs directly on the main repository (without the need to fork). • Allow them to edit a PR (if given permission from the creator) • Allow them to approve a PR and contribute to the approval process. • Committers are expected to be active on the workstream they are contributing to and will be selected by the WSL to be part of the approval process for any given PR. • Any committer who has not been active on GitHub for more than 3 months will loose their write access from CNTT repository. Add your name to committer lists in here: https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/CNTT+Workstreams

19. CNTT | What do you need to do to be able to contribute • Get a GitHub ID • https://github.com • If you are planning to create a PR or participate in PR approval process, please sign up to a given workstream as a committer. • Any individual (Committer or not) can comment on any PR/Issue, or request a review on proposed PRs.

20. CNTT | Issues & Labels • Issue Types: • Roadmap Item: This issue type indicatesa request for feature to be added for an upcoming release. • This issue type should only be created by Technical Steering Leads. • Fix needed: This issue type indicates a request to fix a bug or to introduce an enhancement. • This issue type can be created by any individual. • Backlog: This issue type indicate a feature request (to be considered during technical steering meeting) for future releases. • This issue type can be created by any individual. • Enhancement: This issue type indicate an enhancement request • This issue type can be created by any individual.

21. CNTT | Issues & Labels • All issues must be clearly titled, described, and tagged with the right labels when created. • Issue Labels (one or more to be selected form pre-defined set): • Roadmap Item: To indicate this issue is for a roadmap item. • Fix needed: To indicate this issue is for a fix request. • Backlog: To indicate this issue is for a backlog feature request. • Workstream Name: To indicate which project this issue targeting. • Chapter Number: To indicate which Chapter this issue targeting. • General: To indicate that this issue is not corresponding to any particular chapter/file. • Major/Minor: To indicate if the issue request a major or minor change. • Enhancement: Suggested Enhancement.

22. CNTT | Pull Requests (PRs) • PRs must only be created by a committer who has an issue assigned to him/her by the respective WSL. • PRs must only be created when there is an issue present and a decision to create a PR is made. A PR must reference the issue it is resolving into the description field. • One person onlyis allowed to edit a given PR (unless given permission to other committers). • One PR should only create/modify content within the scope of a single workstream.

23. CNTT | Pull Requests approval process • Once a PR is created, it needs to get the following approvals before it is merged into master. • From Two committers from the Operators community. • From Two committers form the Vendors community. • WSL approval (to make sure process is followed and consensus is reached). • Final Approval by TSL (temporarily until content is stable and process is followed) • Only One approval is permitted per each organization for a given PR. • The selection of which Committers to approve a PR is made by the WSL and should take those factors into consideration: • 2 from Operators, 2 from vendors (when possible) • Committers needs to be actively discussing the PR to be selected for approval. • Committers needs to be active in the workstream. • PRs will be merged online by the TSL once consensus is reached and all approvals are received. • If WSL is the person who is creating the PR, he needs to request a fifth approval from the committers list.

24. CNTT | PR approval process flow 4 Committer WSL Approval Process Issue assigned to committer PR Created PR being reviewed & Edited Issue created PR Merged PR reached consensus & approved Committer A Operator✓ 1 3 2 6 5 Committer B Operator✓ Temporarily until stable content/process Committer TSL Approval WSL Approval Committer A Vendor ✓ WSL TSL Individuals Committer B Vendor ✓ 48 hours cool off period Community Reflecting community feedback If no consensus reached Technical Steering Meeting Discuss and/or Vote 4A

25. Common NFVI Telco Taskforce Meeting Structure

26. CNTT | Workstreams Meetings • The purpose of Workstream Meetings is the following: • Deliver on the roadmap agreed. • Track status of content. • Resolve any PRs that has not got consensus from the community. • Encourage content creation and assign issues to committers to resolve. • Identify concerns and Raise to technical steering meeting. • The purpose of the meeting is not to approve PRs or merge them (this should be mainly done online)

27. CNTT | Meetings Structure • It is up to WSL to decide on the frequency and duration of workstream meetings. • It is advised to accommodate different time zones • For example: one week US-EU Friendly and one EU-ASIA Friendly or (US-ASIA Friendly) • Recommended to send a doodle poll for those who showed interest to participate to decide on the best time for the meeting. • Meeting times and zoom ids should be kept in: • https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/wiki/Meetings • To request a zoom Id for your workstream meeting, please contact Jonathan Beltran or Jim Baker to create a zoom id for you.

28. Common NFVI Telco Taskforce GitHub Tutorials

29. CNTT | How to Create an Issue

30. Common NFVI Telco Taskforce End