Project Management Tutorial - Outlining a strategy

Question 1

Organizational skills

Answer 1

noun
The ability to use your time, energy & resources in an effective way
* Her organizational skills are simply amazing.
* I need to work on improving my organizational skills.

Question 2

Off-kilter

Answer 2

adjective
Not usual or expected
* His off-kilter remark really surprised everyone.
* The economy and exchange rate is off-kilter at the moment.

Question 3

Take

Answer 3

noun
An opinion about something
* So what is your take on all this?
* I liked his take on the matter.

Question 4

Flesh something out

Answer 4

phrasal verb
To make something more complete by adding details
* I still need to flesh out this presentation.
* You should flesh out your plan a little more.

Question 5

Deliverables

Answer 5

noun
Things that need to be completed as part of a project
* Our deliverables need to be completed next week.
* We have submitted our deliverables.

Question 6

Project scope

Answer 6

noun
A part of project planning that involves creating a list of goals, costs and deadlines
* We have finished setting up everything in our project scope.
* This project scope is quite complicated to achieve.

Question 7

“In hand”

Answer 7

phrase
To have something ready for use when required
* We have all the relevant info in hand.
* They have enough cash in hand to handle an emergency.

Question 8

“While you’re at it”

Answer 8

phrase
Used for telling someone to do something while they are doing something else
* Please clean the kitchen and while you’re at it, see if we have enough garbage bags.
* Please send this letter for me and while you’re at it, get us some more stamps.

Question 9

Spell something out

Answer 9

phrasal verb
To explain something in a clear and simple way
* Do I need to spell this out for you?!
* Management has clearly spelled out what is expected of us.

Question 10

Pull the plug

Answer 10

idiom
To prevent something from happening or continuing
* Unfortunately they have pulled the plug on this project.
* We might need to pull the plug on this deal.

Question 11

Quantifiable

Answer 11

adjective
Able to be measured
* Luckily these results are easily quantifiable.
* We need a goal that is quantifiable.

Question 12

Boil down to

Answer 12

idiom
… is the main part / reason of something
* Everything we’ve worked on boils down to this.
* Our issues all boil down to one thing - bad leadership.