This several-month project was one which was very challenging, as there were a lot of disputes within the project team.

The aim was to start a long term relation to underlay the customers leading Prepaid application (Mobile Charging & Billing Solution) with a new Linux based O/S and consequentely using HP's server hardware and the related maintanance infrastructure.

Key charackteristics of this project:

• Demanding customer
• Very difficult staffing process (within worldwide HP's workforce)
• Scattered project team (Finland, France, US, Germany, Italy, India)
• Internal differences how to proceed, even fighting against high level management
• Resistance among customer's staff as they feared to become redundant and maybe be layed off
• Different meetings with high-level management of the customer in Munich to solve customers internal issues
• Very good relation to local Key Account Manager (in many ways on the same page)
• Technical challenges requiring world top skill expertise