21 Phrasal Verbs, Expressions, and words for Project Managers
Well, project managers, this one is for you. Below you will find 21 phrasal verbs, expressions, and words that you can start using in your meetings with your team or when talking directly to your clients. If you’re not a project manager, take note because your projector manager is going to wow you with some important phrasal verbs in a meeting sometime soon.
Remember phrasal verbs are just like verbs and change their form with the tense that is used.
1 To kick off (a meeting) - to begin something
To kick off, I'd like to say well done to everyone for the work they did last week.
2. To finish (something) off – to complete something that has been started.
We need to finish the adverts off before we move on to anything else.
3. To move on – to move to another area when one area is finished
We can’t move on until we have finished the plan.
4. Put back (a date/meeting) – to move something to a later date
The release date has been put back by two weeks, so we have a little more time to finish.
5. To bring forward (a date/meeting) – to move something closer in time than the original date
Because it is so urgent, we have brought forward the meeting with the client to tomorrow.
6. To give (s/o) a heads up – to give someone notice about something (not a phrasal verb, but a really good phrase to have in your arsenal)
Before we start, I want to give you a heads up that tomorrow we are going to have a test run.
7. Come out – to release something to the public
Our next patch comes out tomorrow, so we need to be ready for all the emails.
8. To deal with - to try and find a solution for a problem
Our top priority today is to deal with the backend issues.
9. Look into - to investigate a problem
We have looked into the reason why it isn't working and it's because of a bug on the server.
10. Point out - to highlight an area of important information
I should point out if this keeps happening, we are in danger of losing our client.
11. Take turns - to rotate doing something
The support team will take turns answering tickets for the next 24 hours after the patch comes out.
12. Break (something) down - to go over a lot of detail in small parts
This meeting is going to be a little longer than normal, so I'm going to break it down into 6 parts with breaks in between.
13. To get through - to cover amount of work/information
We have a lot to get through today and I hope we can finish.
14. To come up with - to find a solution or an idea for something
John has come up with a good idea that we could use for the design.
15. To run into problems - to meet a problem unexpectedly
If we do run into problems, we need to report them as soon as possible.
15. (a) Work around - a temporary fix
We don't know the problem yet, but we have a work around that will buy us some time.
16. Write up - to document something in detail
I have written up a report for the next couple of days that you should all read.
17. Work out / figure out - to find a reason behind a problem
Late last night John figured out why the script was failing and has now sorted it out
18. Sort out - to fix something / to arrange something
We've now sorted out the problem, so we should sort out a meeting with Clive to talk about the next step.
19 Fall behind - to be behind schedule and not at the level you should be
We have to keep working like we are because we don't want to fall behind on our work
20. Catch up - to bring something to the same level as it should be
We've fallen behind with our plans, so we are going to have to work at the weekend to catch up.
21. Pressed for time - when you don't have much time to do something
The deadline is on Friday, so we really are pressed for time.
Enjoy
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