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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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VV 53 – アジャイルプロジェクト管理のための英語の語彙

ビジネス英語, ビジネス英語語彙, 英語ビデオ, ITとテクノロジー, プロジェクト管理 / 5月 2, 2017

このレッスンでは, 私たちは見ていきますビジネス英語語彙 related to agile プロジェクト管理 and the scrum framework of product development.

Scrum involves working in sprints, or short cycles, to develop a product rapidly. Key roles in scrum include the scrum master along with the product owner, as well as product teams, which create the product by working through the sprint backlog.

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BEP 293 – 計画を実施するための英語コロケーション (2)

ビジネス英語, 英語の連語, 会議用英語, プロジェクト管理 / 10月 1, 2016

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英語コロケーションに関連する implementing a plan.

Everyone knows that you have to plan for the future. But many “plans” are only that: they are just plans. But a plan is only useful if it leads to action. または, as a wise man once said: a plan without action is a dream wasted. In order to not waste that dream, we need to implement the plans we create.

今日のレッスンで, we’ll hear a discussion about how to implement a marketing plan. And you’ll hear lots of common expressions we use when talking about implementation. These expressions are called “collocations,” which just means a set of words that usually go together. 例えば, have you heard the expression “put something into action?” That’s a common collocation that means “to implement.” We don’t say “make something into action” or “activate something.” It’s always “put something into action.”

You can learn these natural combinations of words used by native speakers. Studying 英語コロケーション will help you sound more natural and expand your active vocabulary. 今日の会話を聞きながら, try to catch some of these collocations, and we’ll go over them later in the debrief.

ダイアログ内で, we’ll rejoin Carlos, Viv, Byron, and Marion, who are discussing how to implement a marketing plan. In the last lesson, they talked about some of their online marketing activities. 今日, they’re going to talk about some other parts of the plan, including the timeline.

リスニングの質問

1. Why does Carlos mention that Marion is a strong writer?
2. What does Carlos say about the importance of the CRM?
3. What does Viv think about the timeline on the CRM activities?

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BEP 292 – 計画を実施するための英語コロケーション (1)

ビジネス英語, 英語の連語, 会議用英語, プロジェクト管理 / 9月 24, 2016

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英語コロケーション related to implementing a plan.

ビジネスで, good planning is important, whether you’re talking about a long-term strategy or a short-term project. But a plan itself means nothing without action. It’s not what you decide to do that matters, but what you actually do. And what you actually do with a plan is called “implementation.” Implementing a plan is all about deciding who will do what, and when they will do it.

このレッスンでは, we’ll listen in on a meeting about how to implement a marketing plan. 議論中, you’ll hear lots of useful expressions that we call “collocations.” A collocation is a natural combination or group of words. 例えば, I’ve already used the collocation “to implement a plan.” We don’t say “do a plan” or “activate a plan.” The natural expression is “to implement a plan.”

Native speakers use collocations like this automatically, and you can learn to use them as well. 勉強することによって英語コロケーション, 語彙を増やし、より流暢に聞こえるようになります. ダイアログを聞くと, これらのコロケーションのいくつかを選んでみてください。後でそれらについての説明で話し合います.

ダイアログ内で, we’ll hear Carlos, Viv, Byron, and Marion. The small company they work for has just had a new marketing plan developed by a consulting company. Now they are meeting to figure out how to implement the plan.

リスニングの質問

1. Carlos asks for volunteers on one aspect of the plan. What exactly does he want the volunteers to do?
2. As there’s lot to do on the website, what does Byron need to do as the lead?
3. What is Carlos going to do in three weeks time?

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