The projects

Innovation Hub projects are a new way of collaborating for the Industry that act as an extension of TM Forum’s existing collaboration capabilities. The globally-disparate resources from Member companies are dedicated to Hub projects on a full-time basis, and co-located where practical, allowing for breakthrough thinking at a speed previously not possible.
We expect Hub projects to test and iterate relevant standards, propose improvements, extensions, or new standards. For output from the Innovation Hub to become a TM Forum standard it has to be contributed into the relevant Collaboration project, where it will undergo the normal validation process of team approval and then member approval before formally becoming a TM Forum standard, or published under Apache 2.0 by agreement of the project leads.
We anticipate many Hub projects will be inspired by Catalyst rapid proof-of-concept projects but be capable of industrializing concepts explored by the Catalysts through longer-term, dedicated resources.

To get involved, you need your company to contact TM Forum as all signups will be at the company level. This is because the Innovation Hub, by its nature, puts a small demand on resources which needs to be agreed at the company level. Please visit our Join In page for more details.

The outcomes of Innovation Hub projects will benefit the entire TM Forum Membership, and the wider industry in several ways:

• Providing a new way for the industry to collaborate at speed, solving intractable industry challenges with ‘real’ results that can be practically implemented – including working code or concepts proven at scale in operational or shadow-operational environments
• Testing and iterating TM Forum standards, providing valuable implementation experience to core standards development teams
• Accelerating the development of code assets (for example, Open Digital Architecture components and Open APIs) to be contributed towards TM Forum collaboration projects
• Industrializing concepts explored in the Catalyst program, sharing the learnings with the broader industry

• Be employed by an officially contracted project member organization
• Consistently attend project meetings and calls
• Contribute to technical duties such as definition, design, implementation, and testing
• Meet program marketing and operational deadlines and deliverables
• Support and attend showcase events (virtual or live)

Innovation Hub project support resources include:

• Help Desk: Assistance with project queries.
• Guides: How-to guides for editing project pages, timelines, and deliverables.
• Contracts and Legal: Support for signing MSA/SOW or Project Contracts.
• Member Portal: Includes checklists, deliverables, marketing toolkits, and event calendars.
• Tutorials: Webinars and training materials on Innovation Hub processes and projects.

Roles include Project Lead, Technical Lead, Developers, DevOps, FinOps and team members.

Members can use TM Forum’s marketing resources, including the project webpage and event promotions.