Read the article again. Are these statements true or false?

1) George Stephenson’s project finished on time.

2) Many big projects have problems.

3) IT don’t have problems with deadlines.

4) IT projects are often more than 50 per cent over budget.

5) Some projects fail because they are late or have unexpected costs.

6) The PMI has members in different countries.

7) The Haradh gas project cost more than the planned budget.

 

3. Inderline all the past simple verbs in the article.

PROJECT ANALYSIS

The importance of managing projects well

George Stephenson built a railway from Liverpoool to Manchester in the 1820s. It was 45 per cent over budget and there were a lot of delays. Today, it is still difficult to manage big projects. The construction of Wembley Stadium. The home of English soccer, was £750m ($ 1,4 billion) over budget and the project finished late.

Smaller projects can also have problems. Reseach shows that IT projects often have problems with budget and deadlines. In 2004, the cost of IT projects was usually 56 per cent more time than planned.

Some projects fail because the work takes longer than planned. Sometimes the cost of labour or materials is more than the agreed budget. But good project management can increase a company’s profits. A big German company decided to improve its project management, and the result was that it added one billon euros per year to its profits.

Project management isn’t a new science. It has an international association, the Project Management Institute (PMI), based in Pennsylvania, USA. The PMI sets professional exams that thousands of people take every year. It has 150,000 members in 150 countries. All of the members are specialists in managing projects.

So, it is possible for big projects to succeed. The Saudi-Aramco Haradh gas pipeline is one example. The $2 billion project finished six months early and 27 per cent under budget. The project manager and the client were both very happy.

Glossary:

Delay (n) – a period of time when you wait for something to happen;

Fail (v) – to be unsuccessful;

Suceed (v) – to be successful;

Pipeline (n) – pipes used for carrying gas from one place to another.

 

Variant 2 (Н, О, П, Х, Ц, Ч, Ш)

Vocabulary and Grammar

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

skilled scientists late failed competitor staff client manager

1. She’s a good sales …. She’s in charge of sales teams in Belgium and France.

2. This IT project is expensive because the … keeps changing the plans.

3. Tom doesn’t like to be … so he always arrives five minutes before the meeting starts.

4. Who is your main … in this computer market?

5. Patricia never studies; she … her engineering exams last week.

6. The … restaurant is open at 12:00pm for lunch.

7. The … began their experiments two years ago.

8. A … worker has special training or knowledge to do job.

Choose the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is not a name of the department?

A) CEO C) HR

B) R&D D) IT

2. Complete the sentence: Serona is a (an) ______ company. It has offices in Rome and Milan.

A) British C) American

B) Italian D) Russian

3. Choose the correct sentence.

A) Kelly is often late for work. C) We go to often team meetings.

B) I leave the office never at six o’clock. D) They have sometimes a video conference in the

morning.

4. Which of the words are used in an invoice?

A) account number, discount, total C) price, see you later, delivery

B) per cent, married, product code D) I am 25 years old, product description, quantity

5. Clive Davis is … new CEO of Mansfield Plastics.

A) a C) an

B) the D) his

6. My job is very interesting. I … a lot of people.

A) am meeting C) meet

B) meets D) is meeting

7. Where … your sister work?

A) is C) does

B) am D) do

8. The meeting … at 5 o’clock yesterday evening.

A) started C) starts

B) do D) start

9. She … answer the phone because she was busy.

A) didn’t answer C) did not

B) does answer D) did answered

10. I think that Mike is a … manager than John is.

A) better C) good

B) gooder D) the best

11. David is … man in our department.

A) tall C) taller

B) the tallest D) taller than

12. I can’t talk to you now because I … a book.

A) is reading C) am reading

B) reads D) read

READING

Read the article and choose the correct definition of what a career break is.

a. an opportunity to work in a different job such as finance or IT

b. a fixed time away from your job; to travel or do unpaid work

c. a special project for people over 30