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RA900: Xtreme RA©
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"Xtreme RA is about taking confident ownership (pwn) of all telco
domains: from the basic CDR all the way to (2) the newest Tweet—and
doing so for for the win (FTW)"
Experience this
New, Revolutionary Approach to Revenue Assurance!
While the vast majority of telecommunications companies today are
focused on the development and deployment of radical new
technologies and business models, technologies that are reshaping
the way that the world communicates, shares and works, too many
revenue assurance managers are spending the majority of their time
looking backwards, trying to figure out how to double count and
triple count revenue streams that are shrinking daily, and which
were never a problem to begin with.
Discover how GRAPA is helping turn
Revenue Assurance into one of the more effective and revenue
protecting functions within the modern Telco organization by
providing revenue assurance managers with perspectives and
techniques that get them focused on the REAL REVENUE VALUES and
their PROTECTION AND MAXIMIZATION.
In
this class we will cover the fundamentals. Learn how revenue
assurance managers are using their departments, systems and expert
knowledge to add significant value to the corporate bottom line.
Duration:
1 day
Who Should Attend?
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Experienced revenue
assurance managers, internal auditors, finance
executives or other people associated with RA looking for proven fresh new
approaches to improving the value of revenue
assurance |
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People new to revenue
assurance interesting is understanding what revenue
is really all about |
 | Internal Auditors, CFO's,
Managers, people interested in understanding how to re-focus
revenue assurance into a proactive agent for change and
profitability |
 | Regulators, Managers, Compliance
Officers interested in understanding how to make use of revenue
assurance to find compliance exposures and remedy them quickly
and cost effectively |
 | Fraud Management Professionals
interested in learning how to reorganize their efforts for
maximum impact |
Overview:
Discover how the old definition of
revenue assurance as the job of “leakage discovery” is being
converted into a powerful, proactive part of the modern Telco
finance team.
This is the first of the standard 5
day sequence of classes to cover the core body of knowledge required
to practice and understand the full scope of revenue assurance in
telecommunications.
This course provides a comprehensive
review of the main organizational structures, operational
guidelines, objectives and approaches associated with the execution
of the revenue assurance functions.
Learn how to:
 | Define the relationship of RA to
other departments for maximum effectiveness and support
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 | Reprioritize your revenue
assurance activities in order to deliver maximum value to the
business |
 | Apply the "scientific method"
defined by the GRAPA standards to organize, prioritize and
structure your RA Efforts |
Key Concepts:
The Revenue Assurance Lifecycle,
Forensics, Risk Analysis, Exchange Analysis, Systems Analysis,
Process Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Controls Management,
Definition of a Control, 12 types of controls and how to apply them,
Definition of the Role of Revenue Assurance, Definition of
Corrections, Revenue Mapping, Revenue Optimization, Noise Analysis,
Risk Analysis, Revenue Maximization, Principles of KPI Design and
Deployment, 12 Myths of Revenue Assurance (12 false beliefs that are
holding you back in your efforts to be more effective), GRAPA
Standard Controls, GRAPA benchmarks, What is GRAPA, RA Body of
Knowledge, RA Standards, GRAPA Certification
GRAPA
Certification Credit
Successful completion of this course,
testing and experience verification will result in the student being
awarded GRAPA
Competency Credit for the following areas from the GRAPA "Body of
Knowledge":
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The
"Real-TOM" (Telco Operations Model) and the Role of Revenue
Assurance |
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The Science
of Revenue Assurance |
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The Revenue
Assurance Lifecycle |
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Principles
of RA Operation |
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Principles
of Scope Management |
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Principles
of Revenue Realization (Margin, Market, New Product
Assurance) |
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Principles of
Revenue
Optimization (Leakage and Risk Containment) |
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Revenue Risk
Prioritization and Assessment Techniques |
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Principles
and Methods for Forensics Management |
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Principles
and Methods of Controls Management |
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Principles
and Methods of Corrections Management |
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RA KPI's and
Compliance Management |
Prerequisite:
There are no
prerequisites for this class.
THIS CLASS IS THE REQUIRED
PREREQUISITE FOR ANY GRAPA TRAINING CLASS AND IS A STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDANCE AT GRAPA USER GROUP
MEETINGS.
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