Business English/ESL | Topic: IT Project Management 1

Designed to teach you the most up-to-date IT (information technology)-related words and expressions. This exercise is on the terminology relating to IT project management.





QUESTIONS:
(Choose the best response for each one)

1. Everyone knows that _____________________ ( = the time when a server/site are down) is costly.
  downtime
  downsize
  brainstorming

2. As a project manager, I have to _____________________ all technology related expenses.
  justify
  juggle
  jump

3. That appears to be a _____________________ solution, but there's always a risk that it might not come together in production.
  work
  work-based
  workable

4. The last project I was working on had a tight deadline, so once decisions were made, we couldn't _____________________. ( = go back and change them)
  backtrack
  move backwards
  rework

5. Well, it' explicitly ____________________ in the guidelines that we are to avoid this.
  state
  said
  stated

6. On my team, everyone knows what they're supposed to do. There is no _____________________.
  ambiguous
  ambiguity
  ambitious

7. I use Critical Path Analysis to _____________________ and manage complex projects.
  schedule
  stall
  sketch

8. We're going to have to _____________________ ( = change) our plans a little bit.
  altar
  alter
  falter

9. Before we assign tasks, we have to _____________________ them.
  indent
  identify
  implant

10. It's my job to ensure that all the work is done to _____________________.
  specifics
  speculation
  specification(s)

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