What would be the preferred course of actions when you find out that the project Gross Margin is showing a lower figure in PRS(Profitability Reporting System) than what you expected?

A. Escalate the problem to the CT Head.

B. Request the CPM to prepare a detailed presentation about project costs.

C. Invite the CPM and Project FandC to identify the deviations and review if cost and revenue have been correctly reported in PRS according to the Demand Plan assumptions and Project Cost calculations.

D. Start a cost reduction plan and reduce headcount.

What are the defined Gates in the NSN Sales Work Flow?

A. 1. Customer Selection

2.

Go/No Go

3.

Bid/No Bid

4.

Approval/No Approval

5.

Deal/No Deal

6.

Start Delivery

B. 1. Receive the RFQ

2.

Define Bid Team

3.

Create Customer Offer

4.

Negotiate Contract

5.

Prepare Project Plan

C. 1. Identify Customer Needs

2.

Develop a Solution

3.

Prepare Commercial Offer

4.

Negotiate Contract

5.

Prepare PTA

D. 1. Receive RFQ

2.

Develop Solution

3.

Prepare Commercial Offer

4.

Negotiate Contract

5.

Prepare for Delivery

Proposed changes from a Change Management process always require a new or revised:

A. Cost baseline.

B. Estimation of changes to cost, schedules and resource plan.

C. Procurement plan.

D. Project team organization.

What is the required action when your project is being delayed for a couple of months due to problems in the infrastructure that must be provided by the Customer?

A. Make an extension on the allocation of the resources in your project.

B. Reduce resources in order to minimize impact to the project costs.

C. Revise risk response plan and trigger a Change Management process.

D. Ask Logistics to cancel equipment importation.

In a Core project with Release 4 products, when is a Purchase Order send to the supplier (services)?

A. First PO is send to the service supplier when the supplier contract is signed by the Project Procurement Manager.

B. After the first Release 4 product has been internally accepted by NSN in IPM.

C. Timely before any services to be executed by the supplier are started in order to be SOX compliant.

D. After the first Release 4 product has been accepted by the customer and the invoice has been send to the customer.

Why is a Project Implementation Schedule required during the 'Create Customer Solution' Phase?

A. To start production of base station equipment.

B. To allocate resources to the project.

C. To demonstrate to the customer how NSN plans to meet his requirements.

D. To provide inputs for the procurement plan.

Who are the contributors to the update of NELLE figures?

A. Project manager only.

B. The whole CT team, including PM and Care manager.

C. CT FandC.

D. CPM

What is the first step a PM needs to do if a KPI, compared to the previous periods, is below the average?

A. Organize asap a meeting with project stakeholders.

B. Analyze if the variation compared to the average is within the same range as previous periods.

C. Have a serious discussion with the project FandC and give him a final warning to improve the KPI.

D. Initiate a recovery plan to improve the KPI

In turnkey projects ...

A. ... Site acquisition and permitting very often turns out to become a critical bottleneck in the projects. It is therefore highly recommended to plan very carefully for Site acquisition and permitting and to develop a contingency plan.

B. ... Site acquisition and permitting as well as construction works are key competences in NSN. Consequently these services should preferably NOT be outsourced to subcontractors.

C. ... if a base station site is connected via optical fiber transmission link to the network it is important that a Line-of-Sight check is performed during site acquisition to ensure no obstacles would interfere with the connection to the adjacent site.

D. ... revenue for Constructions Works services typically is comparatively small compared to revenue for Site AcquisitionandPermitting.

In turnkey projects ...

A. ... Site acquisitionandpermitting involves managing many external stakeholders out of NSN's direct control. It is therefore important to know the local rules well and to proactively communicate with all relevant parties at an early stage.

B. ... the global standard lead times for the different steps of the turnkey site process can be used to create a rollout schedule with the NEROS rollout simulation tool.

C. ... NSN prefers to delegate the responsibility to subcontractors and to outsource Project Management whenever possible due to the high risks involved.

D. ... change management should rather focus on unplanned site visits during implementation than on site design changes involving changes in Bill of Quantity for site materials.