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BEP 313 – Gerenciamento de projetos 4: Reuniões Stand-up Scrum (1)

Inglês de negócios, inglês para reuniões, Gerenciamento de projetos / Setembro 30, 2017

Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on conducting a scrum stand-up reunião em inglês.

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 gerenciamento de projetos. Por esta razão, 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. Por exemplo, 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.

No diálogo de hoje, vamos ouvir Jill, 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. E, as you’ll hear, Jill will help keep the team focused.

Perguntas de escuta

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 – Inglês para gerenciamento de projetos 3: Compilação inicial do teste

Inglês de negócios, inglês para reuniões, Gerenciamento de projetos / Junho 10, 2017

Bem-vindo de volta ao Pod de inglês para negócios para obter a lição de hoje sobre Inglês para reuniões de gerenciamento de projetos. Nesta lição, veremos como entregar uma versão de teste inicial para o cliente.

Em nossa última lição, vimos como é importante definir expectativas claras com um bom reunião inicial do projeto. Mas não importa o quão bem você educou o cliente sobre seu processo de trabalho, você ainda tem trabalho a fazer ao entregar uma compilação de teste inicial. Você não pode simplesmente entregá-lo ao cliente e aguardar seu feedback. Seria bom se o gerenciamento de projetos fosse tão simples, Mas isso não. A entrega de uma construção de teste inicial precisa ser tratada com cuidado.

Por uma coisa, você precisa gerenciar as expectativas do cliente. Isso significa garantir que eles entendam que você não está entregando um produto final. Em vez, você está dando a eles algo para experimentar, ou teste. Desta maneira, gerenciamento de projeto envolve colaboração, ou trabalhando junto com um cliente. E isso é algo que você vai querer enfatizar quando entregar a compilação de teste inicial.

A colaboração é especialmente importante durante o processo de teste. E é uma boa ideia descrever os procedimentos com muito cuidado para o cliente. Se você não, então é provável que você encontre obstáculos. Quando você entrega uma versão de teste, você também pode descobrir que as necessidades do cliente mudaram. Ou que eles querem algo novo. Nesse caso, é importante identificar claramente uma mudança no escopo do projeto. E você precisa ter certeza de que o cliente entende que pode haver estouros de custo relacionados a uma mudança de escopo.

No diálogo de hoje, ouviremos Martin, um gerente de projeto com OptiTech. Ele lidera o desenvolvimento de um novo software para uma empresa de logística. Martin está tendo uma teleconferência com a Zara, um gerente na empresa cliente, e Liam, seu gerente de TI. Eles estão discutindo a construção de teste inicial da OptiTech.

Perguntas de escuta

1. No início da conversa, em que Martin quer se concentrar quando olharem para a construção de teste inicial?
2. O que Martin diz é a primeira etapa no processo de teste?
3. Como Martin responde ao pedido de Zara e Liam por “ferramentas de concurso de carga?"

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BEP 307 – Inglês para gerenciamento de projetos 2: Reunião inicial (2)

Inglês de negócios, inglês para reuniões, Gerenciamento de projetos / Junho 3, 2017

Bem-vindo de volta ao Pod de Inglês para Negócios para a lição de hoje, which continues our look at a reunião inicial do projeto.

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.

Em nossa última lição, we looked at some of the basics that you need to cover in your first project meeting. Hoje, we’ll look at some more ways of increasing your chances of avoiding problems and ensuring that a project runs smoothly. Em muitos casos, 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. Claro, 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. Por exemplo, you might need to ask the client for important information to get the project started.

No diálogo de hoje, 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, e Liam, seu gerente de TI. In this part of the dialog, Martin and Jill are making sure Zara and Liam understand potential obstacles and the development process.

Perguntas de escuta

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 – Inglês para gerenciamento de projetos 1: Reunião inicial (1)

Inglês de negócios, inglês para reuniões, Lições Populares, Gerenciamento de projetos / Poderia 27, 2017

Welcome back to Business English Pod for our new series on Inglês para gerenciamento de projetos. 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. Por uma coisa, you’ll need to meet with the client to make sure the ground rules of the project are clear. De outra forma, 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. Afinal, 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. Claro, 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.

No diálogo de hoje, 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, e Liam, seu gerente de TI. Juntos, they are all trying to get the project off to a good start.

Perguntas de escuta

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 – Viagem de negócios 6: Discutindo Mudança Estratégica

Inglês de negócios, inglês para reuniões, inglês de gestão / abril 8, 2017

Bem-vindo de volta ao Business English Pod 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.

Claro, 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. Em vez de, 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.

No diálogo de hoje, 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.

Perguntas de escuta

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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