创建您自己的光纤剧本来设计、安装 & 管理光纤

As fiber continues to move into the mainstream, managing your fiber projects to achieve the outcomes that you—and your client—expect will be vital. You need to be ready to design, install and manage fiber effectively.

And we’ve learned a little trick to make it easier. Want in on the secret?

It starts with creating a fiber playbook. There is no single fiber solution that will meet all your needs, which is what makes a fiber playbook so helpful.

What’s a fiber project playbook?

Think of a playbook as a roadmap—a diary of trust that spells out how you’ll achieve expected outcomes based on needs and the constraints of your environment.

When you build it right, your fiber playbook will empower you to do the following:

• Capture all the requirements you need to get through your fiber project successfully.
  
  
• Document and ensure that everyone’s goals are met throughout the fiber project.
  
  
• Provide a way to record, formalize, organize and regularly review all the fiber “plays” and strategies your project team can use, along with their impacts.
  
  
• Reduce the amount of time you spend in firefighter mode so you can focus on your job without worrying about as many unexpected emergencies or troubleshooting issues.
  
  
• Develop a framework for succession planning. Even if the playbook won’t be relevant to your role in five or 10 years, it will be very valuable to whoever comes in behind you and needs this information.

A fiber playbook isn’t just a guide for the pre-planning phase of design, but for everything involved with your fiber. It helps you lay out system requirements and practical solutions to visualize your target and what you need to achieve success.

What information should we include?

At a high level, it should include information about:

• People
• Organizations
• Processes
• Materials, tools and other technologies

It can include pictures, diagrams, examples, and even links for firmware updates and technology resources.

Here are some vital components to include in every fiber playbook you create:

• A description of the organization’s needs. What’s driving this need? Why is the need there in the first place? Why must it be addressed? While standards can play a role, you may have to go beyond the standards to achieve what you truly need.
  
  
• The people and organizations that will be impacted. Who will be served by this fiber solution? Who will be involved in the project, and what role will they play? This section should include clients, agents, vendors, channel partners, contractors and consultants.
  
  
• Processes. Record things like workflows, installation practices, trusted resources, formulas, expected performance levels, maintenance tasks and troubleshooting steps.
  
  
• Materials and tools. This section should include documentation of components and equipment, pictures, examples, software and testing gear. Be clear in the language you use so that anyone who picks up the playbook will know exactly which component or piece of equipment you’re referring to.
  
  
• Technologies and other resources. This can involve things like monitoring, security and asset management, as well as the coordination required for these resources.
  
  
• 预期成果。 您期望得到什么结果？ 如何衡量和验证成功？ 哪些绩效价值将被优先考虑，以及如何记录这些价值？

我们应该多久更新一次光纤策略？

就像一支足球队’剧本随着季节变化，你的光纤项目剧本也会根据’技术、业务需求、环境—甚至什么’世界各地正在发生的事情。 只要问问任何在疫情爆发时、在德克萨斯州经历前所未有的严寒时、在英格兰的 5G 塔起火时管理光纤项目剧本的人：改变是必要的！

例如，20 年前，您可能使用 OM1 光纤来连接控制面板。 但随着以太网速度的提高，OM1 光纤可以’跟不上。 您的内部规范或标准也需要改变。

考虑一个 数据中心，例如。 我们与客户合作，帮助他们在对数据中心进行现代化改造的同时更新光纤剧本。 当然，剧本中包含了有关光纤的信息，但他们还添加了有关新的行末方法以及如何管理设备和技术迁移的信息。

构建光纤策略的下一步

随着整个世界通过物联网连接以支持自动化和数据驱动的决策，能够顺势调整并且用途明确的光纤技术将成为实现这一目标的关键。

一旦你认识到你需要什么（以及为什么需要它）—更好地了解光纤设计和部署考虑因素—你’将准备好开发您自己的光纤剧本。

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• 单模或多模光纤：揭开其差异的神秘面纱​​​​​​​