This is a TM Forum Guidebook. The guidebook format is used when:

• The document lays out a 'core' part of TM Forum's approach to automating business processes. Such guidebooks would include the Telecom Operations Map and the Technology Integration Map, but not the detailed specifications that are developed in support of the approach.
• Information about TM Forum policy, or goals or programs is provided, such as the Strategic Plan or Operating Plan.
• Information about the marketplace is provided, as in the report on the size of the OSS market.