Business Spotlight PLUS
Wortschatz
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- Who’s positive?
Projects have a better chance of being a success if the team members
work closely together. Match these sentence halves to create statements
that motivate.
A. We are committed...
B. We will have crystal-clear,...
C. Do we have collective...
D. We’re all in...
E. Fantastic teamwork! Well...
- bite-sized objectives.
- done, everyone.
- buy-in, everyone?
- to making this work.
- this together!
A– ; B– ; C– ; D– ; E–
A
A successful
project: the
team works
together
- A weekend of work
The scrum master has some news about a project. Complete the
idiomatic phrases in her statement with the correct options.
Although we got the (A) go -ahead / get-go over a month ago, we still
haven’t made much progress. Now, at the (B) eleventh / twelfth hour,
the customer has requested some extra changes. I’d like to keep you
all in the (C) run / loop about what this means for us as a team. I know
you all have too much on your (D) plates / heads already, but I’m
going to have to ask you if you can (E) pitch / pack in this weekend. I’d
love to turn them down (F) flat / full, but they are too important to us
as a customer. Who can lend a helping (G) face / hand?
The language of projects