Experimental Facilities Management (EFM)

The Experimental Facilities Management Group is a cross organisational support service which covers requirements for Test, Engineering, V&V and Human-Service Interactions as follows ;

• Test bed setup, configuration & operation (including IMS).
• Continuous Integration, Build processes, Tools and Virtual Infrastructures.
• Methodologies & QA Processes, Metrics, Certification & Standards Conformance.
• Service Prototyping and Demonstrators.
• User Experience Analysis.

These process are carried out via specialised teams including:

• Next Generation Network (NGN) Test Centre: Includes Carrier Grade IMS Network.
• Verification and Validation Team: Process (Agile / SCRUM), QA
• Test Engineering Team
• Design and Usability Team

EFM Members include:

• Ger Henderson
• Phelim Dowling
• Kevin McGrath
• Gemma Power
• Edel Jennings