Building and applying operational experiences for cm operations

A method for use in a management entity, comprising:

• retrieving operational experience information of at least one previously executed operation via an interface from a central entity, and
• processing a planned operation under consideration of the retrieved operational experience information.

-16. (canceled)

The apparatus according to claim 38, wherein

• the operational experience information has been pre-processed by the various logical entities and exchanged between them via other relevant interfaces to enable the pre-processing.

The apparatus according to claim 38, wherein

• the performance data is obtained from a performance management database, the performance data being calculated by a verification function based on parameters obtained via an interface from the performance management database, and transferred back to the performance management database.

The apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

• calculating a diagnosis value of the executed operation based on the performance data of the executed operation and performance data of previous executed operations having similarities in at least some of the execution data, and
• storing the calculated diagnosis value in association with the operational experience information.

-30. (canceled)

-37. (canceled)