aula7_exemplo1

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TERMS DEFINITIONS 
Abstract (resumo, sinopse) A short summary of the written report. 
Background information 
(informação do 
problema/histórico) 
Current knowledge related to the problem. 
Critical path (trâmite critico) The sequence of activities that must be 
completed on time for the entire project to finish 
on schedule. 
To kick off (dar o pontapé 
inicial) 
A figurative expression meaning “to start”, can 
also be used as a noun “kickoff”. 
Lead time (tempo de 
preaparação) 
In general, the time between making a request 
and receiving the results. This term is often 
used to refer to the time between placing an 
order and receiving the delivery. 
Milestone (marco) A critical event during the life of a project, 
usually the accomplishment of a project 
deliverable. 
Schedule (tabela de prazos, de 
datas) 
A set of target dates for completing elements of 
a project. 
Specifications 
(especificações) 
It is usually abbreviated to specs. 
Specifications are a set of requirements 
(technical, time and cost) and detailed 
descriptions of the deliverables. 
Subcontractor(subempreiteiro, 
subcontratante) 
It is a person or company that does part of a 
job for someone or another company. They are 
hired to help the project go faster and more 
effectively, usually in building works and civil 
engineering. They’re often hired to reduce 
costs or mitigate project risks. 
Timeframe or time frame 
(prazo, calendário) 
The period of time in which a project or one 
phase of a project is meant to be completed. 
To green light”, “to give the 
green light” (dar luz verde) 
To give permission for a project to begin. 
Example: “The commission has given the 
green light for a wind farm development. 
 
Now, shall we broaden our project vocabulary by doing the exercise below? 
1. During our last meeting, we developed a good _____________________. 
(a) acting plan (b) action plan (c) act plan 
 
2. ___________ limit project options. If, for instance, you have "resource 
_________", you are limited in the resources you can use for a project. 
(a) Constants (b) Constraints (c) Contracts 
 
3. Will we be outsourcing (terceirizar) this task? No, we're doing it 
_____________________. 
(a) in-house (b) at-house (c) in-home 
 
 
 
4. How's the project going? It's going well, but we're a little 
_____________________. 
(a) behind schedule (b) behind the schedule (c) behind the 
times 
 
5. How long is the estimated ___________________? = How long do you think 
the project will last? 
(a) project duration (b) project time (c) project schedule 
 
6. To "set _____________" means to set a system of who is responsible for what 
and who answers to whom (in a project). 
(a) depends (b) a deep net (c) dependencies 
 
7. The difference between a "process" and a "project" is that a process is often 
___________, while a project is not. 
(a) redone (b) repeat (c) repeated 
 
8. The traditional three constraints ( = limitations) of a project are it's 
___________ ( = what must be done), time and cost. 
(a) scope (b) coping (c) escape 
 
9. If something is done on a "__________budget" it means that there's not a lot 
of money to spend. 
(a) greedy (b) narrow (c) tight 
 
10. One of my responsibilities as a project manager was to ___________ ( = to 
keep an eye on) and report progress. 
(a) track (b) trace (c) trick 
 
11. Making a list of tasks with the most important ones on top is called 
_________________. 
(a) prioritizing (b) priority writing (c) priority making 
 
12. Large-__________ projects are usually very complex, and require a lot of 
planning. 
(a) scalability (b) scale (c) scaled 
 
13. Nancy, since you're really busy, I've ______________________ some of your 
(a) duties to Tom. 
(a) deflected (afastar, evitar) (b) determined (c) delegated 
 
14. Critical time = __________________ time 
(a) Crunch (esmagar) (b) Crash (catastrophe, colisão) (c) 
Crutch (muleta) 
 
15. I have ______________________ ( = set aside (alocar)) 10 hours to 
complete this task. 
(a) allowed (b) allotted (c) alienated 
 
16. A ______________________ is a tangible, measurable output of a task. 
(a) deliverance (b) deliverable (c) delivery 
 
17. A project's ______ is the time when it's moved from a development status to 
a production status. 
 
 
(a) information phase (b) implementation phase (c) implementing 
phase 
 
18. If an activity is not "effort-driven" but "of a fixed duration", it means that: 
(a) the activity will take less time if more people are hired 
(b) the activity is not interesting. 
(c) the activity will take the same amount of time no matter how many people 
work on it 
 
KEY: 1 – B; 2 – B; 3 – A; 4 – A; 5 – B; 6 – C; 7 – C; 8 – A; 9 – C; 10 – A; 11 - A; 12 – B; 13 – C; 14 – A; 15 – B; 
16 – B; 17 – B; 18 – C.