“24 hour service”

- Project-closing, Problem-solving & Christmas Holliday

As it is rushing towards Christmas the days just don’t have enough hours. The last few weeks have been quite intense as we have headed towards end of piloting and project-closing. With all kinds of pre-Christmas arrangements to be made alongside, the TV has not actually been used extensively.

Project-closing (…and a new one starting up)
As mentioned last week I have worked on a LEAN-project during the last couple of months. Since some analysis is still to be finalized I can not, at this point in time, share too much of the results. Anyway, I have learned a lot about both the upsides and downsides by working with a bottom-up approach, which LEAN is really all about. As promised to some of my readers, I will get back to you with an outlining on how I think LEAN can be a useful methodology in telecoms.

Problem-solving
In relation to the LEAN-project I have been working on, I have been fortunate to receive a lot of both practical and theoretical training on the subject. This week we had our last full-day training sessions with the McKinesy-team on problem-solving. Learning to work with issue trees and presentation structuring was a great experience and most definitely a set of skills I will continue evolving.

Christmas Holliday
A “24 hour service” makes you tired. Every hero needs to rest. I am therefore looking forward to the upcoming Christmas Holliday and some time off. At the same time I must emphasis that the first three months as a trainee in Telenor has been an inspiring journey, and I am really looking forward to 2008 with new projects, new acquaintances, outplacement (country and company yet to be confirmed) and continuous learning. This is great! Merry Christmas!