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BEP 313 – プロジェクト管理 4: スクラム立ち会い (1)

ビジネス英語, 会議用英語, プロジェクト管理 / 9月 30, 2017

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on conducting a scrum stand-up 英語での会議.

Not everyone likes meetings, and for good reason. Many meetings are poorly organized and poorly run. But meetings are a necessary part of work and business, especially in プロジェクト管理. このために, it’s important that we find ways to have good meetings.

If you’ve worked in software development, especially agile environments, you’ll know about one excellent kind of meeting called a scrum or stand-up meeting. Scrum is an approach to software development that uses cross-functional teams. Each day, the team has a short stand-up meeting where people update others on progress, plans, and challenges.

Whether or not you work in software development, leading a scrum style meeting is a useful experience. You’ll have to do many things that apply to all good meetings. 例えば, you’ll need to open the meeting and ask for updates. You may also find the chance to suggest collaboration between team members. And the person running the meeting is also responsible for putting aside, or sidebarring, issues that can be discussed after the meeting. These are all techniques that can help you in any kind of meeting, whether you work with scrum or not.

今日の対話で, ジルが聞こえます, a project manager and scrum master, leading a daily scrum meeting. We’ll also hear two team members, Katherine and Sam. Sam will be first to provide his updates. そして, as you’ll hear, Jill will help keep the team focused.

リスニングの質問

1. When she opens the meeting, what does Jill suggest they do to stay focused?
2. When Sam says what he is going to do today, what does Jill suggest?
3. What issue does Jill want to “sidebar,” or leave for after the meeting?

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BEP 308 – プロジェクト管理のための英語 3: 最初のテストビルド

ビジネス英語, 会議用英語, プロジェクト管理 / 六月 10, 2017

今日のレッスンのためのビジネス英語ポッドへようこそプロジェクト管理会議の英語. このレッスンでは, 最初のテストビルドをクライアントに提供する方法を見ていきます.

私たちの最後のレッスンで, 明確な期待を良いもので設定することがいかに重要かを見ましたプロジェクトキックオフミーティング. しかし、あなたがあなたの仕事のプロセスについてクライアントをどれほどよく教育したとしても, 最初のテストビルドを提供するときは、まだやるべきことがあります. クライアントに渡してフィードバックを待つことはできません. プロジェクト管理がこんなに簡単だったらいいのに, でもそうではありません. 最初のテストビルドの引き渡しは慎重に処理する必要があります.

一例を挙げると, クライアントの期待を管理する必要があります. つまり、最終製品を提供していないことを彼らが理解していることを確認する必要があります. むしろ, あなたは彼らに試してみる何かを与えています, またはテスト. この方法では, プロジェクト管理にはコラボレーションが含まれます, またはクライアントと一緒に働く. これは、最初のテストビルドを提供するときに強調したいことです。.

テストプロセス中のコラボレーションは特に重要です. そして、クライアントのために非常に注意深く手順を概説することは良い考えです. そうしないと, すると障害物に遭遇する可能性があります. テストビルドを渡すとき, また、クライアントのニーズが変化したことに気付くかもしれません. または彼らは何か新しいものが欲しいということ. この場合, プロジェクトの範囲の変更を明確に特定することが重要です. また、スコープの変更に関連してコスト超過が発生する可能性があることをクライアントが理解していることを確認する必要があります.

今日の対話で, 私たちはマーティンを聞きます, OptiTechのプロジェクトマネージャー. 彼は物流会社向けの新しいソフトウェアの開発を主導してきました. マーティンはザラと電話会議をしている, クライアント企業のマネージャー, とリアム, 彼らのITマネージャー. 彼らはOptiTechの最初のテストビルドについて話し合っています.

リスニングの質問

1. 会話の開始時, マーティンは、最初のテストビルドを見るときに何に焦点を合わせたいですか？?
2. マーティンは、テストプロセスの最初のステップは何と言っていますか?
3. マーティンは、ザラとリアムの「入札ツールのロード」の要求にどのように対応しますか?」

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BEP 307 – プロジェクト管理のための英語 2: キックオフミーティング (2)

ビジネス英語, 会議用英語, プロジェクト管理 / 六月 3, 2017

今日のレッスンのビジネス英語ポッドへようこそ, which continues our look at a プロジェクトキックオフミーティング.

Anyone who’s been involved with projects should know just how important it is to have good communication with a client. And good communication starts right at the beginning, at a project kickoff meeting. That’s when you’ll have the chance to make sure a client understands how you work and how the project should run.

私たちの最後のレッスンで, we looked at some of the basics that you need to cover in your first project meeting. 今日, we’ll look at some more ways of increasing your chances of avoiding problems and ensuring that a project runs smoothly. 多くの場合, it can be a good idea to actually bring up potential obstacles in your meeting. If you see something that might impact the timeline or the budget, you can let the client know about it. And that might mean that you have to educate the client about your work process.

When you educate a client about your development process, you might find yourself using too much technical language. But if you want the client to really understand, you might have to rephrase that information in simpler terms. もちろん, you don’t want to focus too much on potential problems. And for that reason you should know how to redirect a discussion away from problems and toward other issues. 例えば, you might need to ask the client for important information to get the project started.

今日の対話で, we’ll rejoin Martin and Jill. Their company, OptiTech, is starting a new project to develop software for a logistics company. Martin and Jill are kicking off the project by holding a teleconference with Zara, the manager of the client company, とリアム, 彼らのITマネージャー. In this part of the dialog, Martin and Jill are making sure Zara and Liam understand potential obstacles and the development process.

リスニングの質問

1. What does Martin say is the cause of some potential obstacles?
2. What is Jill’s simple explanation of a technical idea that Zara didn’t understand?
3. When Martin redirects the discussion away from obstacles, what does he say he wants to discuss?

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BEP 306 – プロジェクト管理のための英語 1: キックオフミーティング (1)

Welcome back to Business English Pod for our new series on プロジェクト管理のための英語. For our first lesson we’re going to look at a kickoff meeting at the start of a project.

Whether or not you’re a project manager, you surely know that every project is a unique and complex process. Seeing a project through to completion, on time and within budget, takes a huge range of people skills and business know-how. And sometimes during a big project it might feel like everything is working against successful completion.

But there are ways to minimize some of these challenges. This is particularly true at the beginning of a project when it’s important to make sure you get off to a good start. 一例を挙げると, you’ll need to meet with the client to make sure the ground rules of the project are clear. さもないと, you’ll be dealing with confusion mid-project. Kicking off a project effectively also means outlining protocols, or important procedures, and explaining lines of communication. 結局, when a problem or challenge does arise, everyone should know exactly who to talk to and how to make the necessary changes.

The kickoff meeting is also a time for everyone to make their priorities clear. If you are the client and sticking to the timeline is more important than keeping to the budget, you should make that known right from the start. もちろん, there may be competing priorities. And as a project manager, you may have to manage client expectations carefully, which might involve setting some conditions when you agree to something.

今日の対話で, we’ll join Martin and Jill, who work for a software company called OptiTech. Their company is holding a teleconference to kick off a project to develop custom software for a logistics company that will help them manage and track shipments. Martin is the project manager, while Jill is the lead developer. On the call, we’ll also hear from Zara, a manager at the logistics company, とリアム, 彼らのITマネージャー. 一緒, they are all trying to get the project off to a good start.

リスニングの質問

1. How does Martin say that Jill should deal with technical issues?
2. What does Zara emphasize as her company’s priority in the project?
3. Near the end of the conversation, what condition does Martin attach to the successful management of the timeline?

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BEP 303 – 出張 6: 戦略的変化について議論する

ビジネス英語, 会議用英語, 経営英語 / 4月 8, 2017

おかえりなさいビジネス英語ポッド for today’s lesson on discussing strategic change.

The world of business and the economy are constantly changing. And businesses need to respond with their own changes, or risk getting left behind. But change can be difficult both for people and for organizations. As a leader of people in a changing organization, you might face resistance. So you need to be able to manage change well. And that often involves effective discussions with others in the company about strategic change.

もちろん, change is easier when the general feeling in a company is positive. And that’s why you might need to gauge morale when you’re talking with others. That will help you figure out how to manage the change. But managing change doesn’t mean promising that it will be easy. 代わりに, you should carefully warn others about possible difficulties.

Another thing you should do is to be clear about messaging. Change is a lot easier if everyone has the same idea about what’s happening and why. It’s also a lot easier if you can show the benefits of the changes. And that’s why you should talk about change as an opportunity that can help the company, and its people. If you can successfully show people that change is an opportunity, then you should get a positive response when you ask people whether they’re committed to the changes at hand.

今日の対話で, we’ll hear Cam and David, who work for an American clothing company called Boston Vintage. David is the manager of the company’s Shanghai office. Cam is a production manager who is visiting China to meet with the company’s staff and look at new production facilities. In an earlier conversation, Cam told David that the company has made the strategic decision to focus on Southeast Asia rather than China.

リスニングの質問

1. How does Cam gauge morale, or ask about the overall feeling among staff?
2. What is the basic explanation for the change that Cam wants David to communicate?
3. According to Cam, why is this change an opportunity for David?

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