Change Orders

The Change Order section contains descriptions of the business functionality of the Number Portability Administration Center Service Management System (NPAC/SMS) as defined by the Number Portability Industry Forum (NPIF). The NPIF was formerly known as the Local Number Portability Administration Working Group (LNPA WG). Change Orders created/managed prior to the restructuring are identified with ‘NANC’ before the Change Order number. The NPIF has a direct relationship to the processes and systems that each Service Provider uses to participate in Number Portability. 

When a change in the NPAC software design is discussed at the NPIF, the proposed change eventually is described in the form of a Change Order. The Change Order document describes the business need for the software change and, at a high level, the software changes required to implement the proposal. As discussions progress, the technical portion of the Change Order is expanded to document both new software requirements and changes to existing software requirements that would result if the Change Order were implemented. Doc Only Change Orders may also be utilized to update Industry Specification(s) as required. 

In this section of the NPIF web site, all Change Orders ever considered are listed. The final Change Order document and the NPIF discussion notes, the Change Order status, and the identity of the software release in which the change order was implemented, are provided in the Change Order Summaries located below.

The status of a Change Order may be either Closed, Open, Requested, or Implemented. These terms are defined as follows:

  • Closed – The Change Order was considered and rejected.
  • Open – The Change Order has been considered and there may be further discussion.
  • Requested – The NPIF has reached agreement on the Change Order and either a Statement of Work (SOW) may be requested and/or the requirements updates (Doc Only) will be included in a future version of the Industry Specification(s).
  • Implemented – The Change Order was adopted and has been implemented in the NPAC system.


Summary & Guidelines


Title Date Originated Description Status Document
NANC 342 11/06/2001 Doc Only Change Order for IIS: Flow B.5.1.5 – Text at end of this flow needs clarification. Implemented Download
NANC 341 11/06/2001 Doc Only Change Order for GDMO: Section 7.0 LNP Subscription Version Modify Action – Clarification of allowable modify activities for subscription versions with status of ‘conflict’. Implemented Download
NANC 340 11/06/2001 Doc Only Change Order for IIS: Update Appendix A Closed Download
NANC 339 10/05/2001 Doc Only Change Order for IIS: Flow B.4.4.24 to include the Donor Disconnect notifications that get sent to the Donor SOA when a Number Pool Block De-pool occurs. Implemented Download
NANC 338 10/05/2001 Doc Only Change Order for FRS: Add requirement for NPAC SMS sending subscriptionVersionDonorSP-CustomerDisconnectDate notifications to the Donor SP SOA when a Number Pool Block De-Pool occurs and update the note in requirement RR5-85. Implemented Download
NANC 337 10/25/2001 Doc Only Change Order for IIS: Flow B.8.3 – note at the beginning of the text needs to be updated. Implemented Download
NANC 336 10/25/2001 Doc Only Change Order for IIS: Flows B.4.4.3 and B.4.4.6 have typos that need to be corrected. Implemented Download
NANC 335 10/10/2001 Doc Only Change Order for GDMO: Update GDMO to explain how the Primary/Secondary Service Provider situation works with Range notifications. Implemented Download
NANC 334 10/02/2001 Doc Only Change Order for FRS: Clarification needed in Items L-11.0 F & G in Table C-7 of Appendix C in the FRS. Implemented Download
NANC 333 09/26/2001 Doc Only Change Order for GDMO & IIS Implemented Download
NANC 332 09/10/2001 Doc Only Change Order for FRS: Clarification of requirement RR5-42.1. Implemented Download
NANC 331 08/01/2001 IIS Document Only Changes - Add missing flow for Subscription Version Create: Failure to Receive Response from New SOA after “Initial Concurrence Window” Expiration Implemented Download
NANC 330 07/13/2001 IIS Document Only Changes to Multiple Flows Implemented Download
NANC 329 06/13/2001 Prioritization of SOA Notifications Implemented Download
NANC 328 03/20/2001 Tunable for Long and Short Business Days Implemented Download
NANC 327 03/19/2001 FRS Document Only Change – Update Appendix C – System Tunables Implemented Download
NANC 326 02/02/2001 IIS Document Only Change – Flow B.5.6: Subscription Version Query Implemented Download
NANC 325 01/25/2001 GDMO Document Only Change – 4.0 LNP Subscription Version Cancel Action Implemented Download
NANC 324 01/25/2001 IIS Document Only Change – Flow B.5.4.7.3: Subscription Version Disconnect With Effective Release Date Implemented Download
NANC 323 01/10/2001 Partial Migration of a SPID via Mass Update Implemented Download
NANC 322 12/13/2000 Clean Up of Failed SP Lists Based on Service Provider BDD Response File Implemented Download
NANC 321 12/13/2000 Regional NPAC NPA Edit of Service Provider Network Data - NPA-NXX Data Implemented Download
NANC 320 11/01/2000 NPAC Retries when Local System is in Congestion Closed Download
NANC 319 10/25/2000 NPAC Edit to Ensure NPA-NXX of LRN is in Same LATA as NPA-NXX of Ported TN Implemented Download
NANC 318 10/11/2000 FRS Documentation Only Change – Update Requirement RR3-49 NPA Splits and the Number Pool Block Holder Information – Mass Update that includes one or more Blocks for an NPA-NXX involved in a NPA Split. Implemented Download