
AN Introduction to Revenue Assurance (RAI)
Introductory Program (6 Hours) - On Demand
The Introduction to Revenue Assurance course, is a 6 hour, interactive online class designed to provide the professional with an overview of the telecoms industry and the role that revenue assurance plays in the successful management of telecoms risk.
Students will be familiarized with the complex terminology (jargon), technical and architectural structures and the unique approaches to revenue capture, processing and accounting that typify the telecoms industry.
The Revenue Assurance challenge
The Revenue Assurance job is unlike any other profession in the world. Technology - Operations - I/T - Accounting - Governance - Analytics. The revenue assurance must master all of them in a business environment that is more complex than any other. Doing this job is challenging, but it is also critical. .
Getting STarted
Getting started in this world is without doubt the hardest part. .There are so many different things to know and understand. Different technologies, different kinds of businesses. A dizzying assortment of partnership agreements, operational standards, technical protocols and government oversight.
This course has been designed to provide you with a compressed quick course on the entire scope of telecoms operations. The different ways that networks are controlled. The different ways that accounting controls are implemented and the different things that the business finance, controls or assurance person needs to be aware of in order to be effective.
Understanding the Acronyms - Learning to speak "Telecoms"
Getting around in this world starts with understanding the dizzying assortment of:
- Business Ecosystems (Roaming, OnNet, OffNet, Interconnect, Streaming, Cloud) - All of these terms MEAN SOMETHING in terms of finance and operations.
- Techno-Speak (Provisioning, Synchronization, HLR, VLR, AUC, IMS.....) - Each of them comes with their own set of financial meaning and controls issues
- Protocols and Industry Standard Practices : Telecoms is an industry steeped in tradition and driven by over 100 years of business rules and protocols that the newcomer will never understand.
This special introductory course will give you a boost in your understanding of how all of this fits together.
UNDERSTANDING COMPETENCY and its CRITICAL ROLE IN the RA Profession
The GRAPA - competency based approach is the key to the success of GRAPA certified professionals. This unique perspective on the RA job and it role in the overall scheme of Telecoms Governance is an eye opener for anyone new to the in depth understanding of the Revenue Assurance job and how to do it well.
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