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Project Risk & Contingency – Business English B2

Project Risk & Contingency – Business English B2

BUSINESS ENGLISH · B2 · MINI LESSON

Project Risk & Contingency

Procena verovatnoće, ublažavanje rizika i rezervni planovi.

Risk / issue / assumption

Risk je mogući budući problem, issue već postojeći, assumption pretpostavka.

CorrectSupplier delays are a project risk.
Incorrect in this contextThe supplier delay is only an assumption. (when actively happening)

Issue je problem koji se već dogodio.

Procena i mere

Likelihood je verovatnoća, impact posledica, mitigate smanjiti rizik.

CorrectWe need to mitigate the risk of delays.
Incorrect in this contextWe need to impact the risk of delays.

Mitigate znači ublažiti negativan efekat.

Rezervni plan

Contingency plan je rezervni plan, fallback druga opcija, trigger uslov za pokretanje akcije.

CorrectWe need a contingency plan in case the server fails.
Incorrect in this contextWe need a trigger plan in case the server fails.

Contingency plan je unapred razrađena reakcija.

Zapamtite: U poslovnoj komunikaciji izbor izraza zavisi od situacije, odnosa sa sagovornikom i nameravanog značenja. U ovoj lekciji posebno vežbate: Risk / issue / assumption, Procena i mere, Rezervni plan.
15 QUESTIONS · B2

Test Your Knowledge

Choose the best option for each business situation. Click Check Answers for feedback and explanations.

1. A potential future cyberattack is a ___.

2. The server is down right now; this is an ___.

3. Our plan relies on an unverified ___ about demand.

4. The possibility of rising fuel costs is a ___.

5. A missed payment that already happened is an ___.

6. We assessed the ___ of a power failure as low.

7. We estimated the financial ___ of the outage at €50,000.

8. Backup systems help ___ disruption risks.

9. The ___ of a storm is higher in winter.

10. A breach could have a serious reputational ___.

11. The backup procedure for a major outage is our ___.

12. If Supplier A cannot deliver, Supplier B is the ___.

13. Two days of downtime is the ___ for invoking emergency procedures.

14. The team prepared a ___ before launching the platform.

15. A manual process is our ___ if automation fails.


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