{"id":5409,"date":"2014-01-19T05:13:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T13:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=5409"},"modified":"2023-01-08T22:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T06:39:26","slug":"business-english-pod-244-debriefing-a-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/19\/business-english-pod-244-debriefing-a-project-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 244 &#8211; Debriefing a Project (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5409-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP244-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP244-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP244-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\" BEP 244 Lesson Module - Debriefing a Project (2)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP244POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON.jpg\" alt=\"English for Project Management\" width=\"1634\" height=\"694\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON.jpg 1634w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-600x255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-940x400.jpg 940w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-200x85.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-400x170.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-800x340.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-244-English-Project-Management-LESSON-1200x510.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1634px) 100vw, 1634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/\" title=\"Business English\">Business English<\/a> Pod lesson, we look at discussing the outcome of a <a title=\"English for Project Management\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/project-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">project<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>When you, your team, or your company finish a project, what do you do? Do you rush into the next project and put the last one behind you? Or do you take the time to talk about what you&#8217;ve done and try to learn from your mistakes? Let&#8217;s think about this another way: do you find that certain problems keep coming up in one project after another? Well, they don&#8217;t have to. Not if you take the time to learn, to discuss, and to debrief. <\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s important to discuss the projects we&#8217;ve completed. And in these types of discussions native speakers will use many common and useful expressions. Sometimes we call these useful expressions \u201ccollocations.\u201d That&#8217;s a fancy way to talk about a natural combination of words. Just think about an expression like \u201cto launch a new product.\u201d We don&#8217;t say \u201cstart\u201d a new product, or \u201clet out\u201d a new product. The natural collocation is \u201claunch a new product.\u201d As you listen to the dialog, try to pick out some of these expressions and we&#8217;ll go through them later in our own debrief. <\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;re going to rejoin Dean and Michelle, whose company has just finished a project to expand a manufacturing plant. In our last lesson, they talked about some of the successes and delays in the project. Today, we&#8217;ll hear them talk about how to resolve some of the problems they experienced. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What is Dean&#8217;s main concern about the problem with City Steel?<br \/>\n2. What was another contributing factor in project delays?<br \/>\n3. What does Dean suggest to Michelle about how to do things better?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP244SN-Project-Debrief2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP244QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP244PC.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP244POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP244-Mob.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast 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