Project management
El   Complete the sentences with words from the box.
              tender     resources       interpersonal        milestones     progress report
              risks    delegate      sponsor       stakefleleers    juggle
          1     The people who have responsibility within a p'roject and are likely to receive
                advantages from it are called the ..~ta. k~h.o. !~.e. rL ........ .
          2     Besides having a wide range of project management techniques at their fingertips,
                successful project managers also have the ability to set ......... ..... ..... .. and targets.
          3 If a project has a strong ......... ............ , i.e. someone who is ready to support it
                actively, then it is much more likely to succeed.
          4 A ....... .......... .... is a formal statement of the price you would charge for doing a job
                or providing goods or services.
          5 To be a good project manager you need to know how to ..... ...... . ... .. .... tasks to
                other people.
          6 Regular meetings are important because they give everyone the opportunity to get a
                ...... .. ... .... ...... on what has been achieved so far.
          7 ....... ..... ......... include staff, particular knowledge or skills, money and time.
          8 If you want to be a project manager, you need to be able to .... .. ..... . .. .. . .... different
                issues all at the same time, i.e. to be good at multi·tasking.
          9 Managing a project means working closely with other people, so obviously it's not
                something you can do unless you have excellent ... ....... ...... ..... skills.
          10 There are different ways to shorten delivery times but, whichever you use, make sure
                you assess the ... .... .... .... ... ... first.
     D    Complete the words by writing in the missing letters.
          1 A successful project is one which is on time, on _u_ge_ and to performance.
          2     Our company has decided that 10 per cent savings have to be made in all
                departments so we need to decide how best to make cC _cks.
          3 The Blake-Martins consortium has won a j _ for the $1 billion Raghavan Port in
                Gujarat, western India.
          4 In less than a year, the first phase of the project was already six months behind
            s      die.
          5     Stake holders sometimes ask for an earlier delivery date but without reducing the
                s_op_ of work.
          6     Pr_cu __ __ _t is the act of ordering and buying the equipment, supplies and services
                needed by a company or organisation .
          7     A Gantt ___ r_ shows the different stages of a project, the stages that can be done at
                the same time and those that have to be completed before others can begin.
          8     The time when one can relax, delay a task but still finish the project on time is called
                       ck time .
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