Patent ID: 8194839

Claim:
A method for controlling a provisioning process for a telecommunication service, comprising the steps of: receiving a provisioning order from a first provisioning entity, determining whether a received provisioning order is an incomplete provisioning order, in response to determining the received provisioning order is an incomplete provisioning order, selecting a second provisioning entity among a plurality of second provisioning entities to provide further provisioning data for the received provisioning order, wherein the selecting further comprises checking a service provisioning template in relationship with the received provisioning order, the service provisioning template comprising an identifier of a second provisioning entity that can supply further provisioning data for the received provisioning order, and wherein the service provisioning template further comprises sequencing information to determine, either or both: the order for sending requests to obtain further provisioning data to the plurality of second provisioning entities, and the order for sending provisioning orders derived from the received provisioning order, in response to selecting the second provisioning entity, sending, according to the sequencing information, a request to the second provisioning entity for obtaining further provisioning data for the received provisioning order, and receiving a response to said request, wherein the response comprises further provisioning data, sending, according to the sequencing information, a second provisioning order derived from the received provisioning order to at least one provisioned entity, wherein the second provisioning order comprises the further provisioning data.