Set 2 - Business Flashcards
Prep to Canada
Running late with smth (delayed on the meeting, with the project)
Running a bit behind:
We’re running a bit behind on our project timeline, but I’m sure we’ll be able to catch up soon.
Start doing smth again after pause (renew meetings, renew project)
Pick smth back up:
I’ll cancel the meeting for tomorrow and we’ll pick (them) up next week
What’s your favorite in smth?
What do you like the best about business analysis work?
Fasten with nails
Nail…:
1. The photo was nailed up on the wall
2. The lid of the box was nailed down to the floor
Sudden/unexpected and severe/extreme
Drastic:
The company is taking a drastic step to increase its revenue and save finance
2. There were drastic changes on the project after 2023
Christmas tree in soil
We’ve got not a big tree in the bucket with soil/dirt
Almost NO (Nothing or hardly any)
Little to no:
1. I have little to no time to help with this these days
2. There’s little to no chance to catch a reservation for the New Year party
Generally/ in general
On the whole:
1. On the whole, I prefer a hybrid work approach
2. We have our bad times on the project but on the whole, it’s pretty interesting and promising
Thank you for your kind words
- It’s kind/ nice of you to say it
- I appreciate you’re saying that
- Your support means a lot to me
Туда-сюда/непонятки
Back and forth:
The negotiations went back and forth but in the end, we hammered it out
Leave a place for a short time
Step out/Step away:
1. I stepped out for a while but now I’m at the laptop
2. I have to step away from the office to pick up my kids from kindergarten
smth difficult to move or handle (requirements) - Громоздкий
Unwieldy:
1. Full BRD is unwieldy for such a short project. US are enough for documenting everything
Give a lift to somewhere (подвезти)
Give smb a ride:
1. Could you give me a ride to the airport? (I was wondering if you could give me a ride to the airport)
2. Do you need a ride (to the airport)?
3. Do you have a ride (= do you have someone who rides you to somewhere)
Drive smb to somewhere:
4. Could you drive me to the airport?
5. I’ll put them into the trunk and drive them to garage
Take vs bring (take - out of you, bring - towards you)
Take back OR Bring in:
1. Could you take it back to the store?
2. Could you bring it in?
How are you going to get to some place (car, walking, bus, etc)
Are you walking or driving?
Are you taking an Uber (taxi) or the subway/ bus?
Current state of matters (everything related to company, processes, family, etc.)
Current state of affairs (matters)
I don’t remember the word for it
What you may call it (WHATCHAMACALLIT)
Smth is increasing in quantity/ Someone increase the number/amount of smth
piles up quickly:
1. Data piles up quickly and it has to be organized and managed properly otherwise it causes genuine risk for an organization dependent on data
2. I piled up a lot to do during my vacation
Feel comfortable and follow work-life balance to підтримувати добре самовідчуття
Maintain overall well-being:
It’s important to have a good work-life balance to avoid burnout and maintain overall well-being
Process of getting something (data, food, etc)
Acquisition of (huge amount of) data:
The acquisition of huge amount of data can help our investigation enormously
Add smth in real (extra for free while you’re buying) or in words (remark)
Throw in the word / some product:
He threw in a sensible remark about our process
One after another, right after
In line:
Right after you’ve fixed the one issue/bug, the next one comes up in line
Verb: exist or continue for a particular length of time (охватывать)
Span decades/2 hours:
My BA career has spanned more than 10 years
Request to ask questions before that to increase intimacy
Would it be OK if I ask you some questions?
Rough data, rude language/joke
Coarse data, language, joke
In/At in relates to:
- place
- transportation;
- institution
AT:
- place: specific address, concert/event
- institution: if you’re just a visitor (hospital, institute, school, Government)
IN:
- place: country, continent
- institution: if you’re using it, living or using it (hospital, institute, school, Government)
- transportation: when you canNOT stand up there: car, helicopter
ON:
- place: street only (w/o building specified)
- transportation: when you can stand up there, it’s w/o a roof: bus, boat)
In addition to
BESIDES / BESIDES SMTH:
Besides, we need your support in this functionality
Besides 2 suitcases I’m going to take a stroller/buggy with me
Agree with someone TO something (idea, plan, proposal)
AGREE TO (proposal, plan, idea):
I agree to your proposal, let’s do it
- Totally exhausted, tired
- Totally shabby, in a bad condition
Run-down (house, car, person):
1. I couldn’t make it Sunday, I’m totally tired and run-down
2. His car is totally run-down but not mine
Get money punishment for violation from government
Be fined/cited, get a fine/ a citation:
I got citation for a parking violation (got a parking ticket)
Pay extra money for services
Pay a fee/ pay a late fee:
She had to pay a late fee since she overdue her payment
Explain something for someone in details
Shed some light on:
Could you shed some light on the payment process n the app? How does it look like?
Give advice, more than 1
I’m going to give you some advice. Tip 1, 2, ….
As a consequence/ как следствие/ что объясняет следующее
Hence:
1. So, we thought of how to improve and simplify interaction in the dialog hence the UI itself
2. He likes Sweden hence he chose Volvo and took their job offer
Large amount of time (informal)
A good chunk of … (time, Friday):
1. I spent a good chunk of Friday figuring out what was a problem / resolving an issue with inconsistency between app versions
Start your part (screen sharing or some speech)
Take it away:
OK, that’s it from my side. The next is going to be Marta. Marta, take it away!
Just 1 thing I should highlight and emphasize
Just one call-out:
We’ve finished the development of this functionality and it can be tested and accepted, but just 1 call-out from my side, …….
In the future
Going forward:
It could be a problem going forward
Going forward, the approval process has to be established to not run into issues like that
To improve and make smth as effective as possible
Streamline smth:
- With this initiative, we could streamline our processes and cut 20% of costs.
Include smth
Encompass smth (experience, 5 years of working with…):
- My plan encompasses a number of steps that lead us to our main business goal which is ….
Smth that makes a difference
Come into play:
- That is the situation when these 2 skills come into play
To read a short part of smth, w/o reading the whole doc / To use some amount of money that you have
Dip into (savings, book, document):
- I have dipped into the BRD document to understand the whole big picture (I haven’t dive deeper)
To set a high standard of work, quality, etc.
Set a bar high/low:
- He as a BA set the bar high on that project
- Stockholm set the bar high so I didn’t really like Berlin or other cities in Europe
Tell someone that smth is going to happen/warn someone
Give someone a heads-up:
- I just wanted to give you all a heads-up that we will be talking about features of M2 tomorrow
It’s expensive / Agree with the price
Pricy / rip off:
- It’s a rip-off, It’s a bit pricy
Reasonable:
- It a resonable price / It’s reasonable
Looking for some product in store in particular size
Do you have it in red / Do you have it in Large (L)/ Medium (M)
Do you have it in size 44? Do you have a larger one?
How much does it cost?
How much is it?
To use something for your value
take advantage of smth:
- We could take full advantage of being on site in their office to have as many workshops as possible
To create additional forces in IT to cover the load
Spin up smth (server, backend infrastructure, database):
For scalable solutions, it’s not a problem to spin up servers and databases to handle an additional load
Просто дивлюсь, not searching for something specific (в магазине)
Browse:
- can I help you, Are you looking to something specific? - I’m just browsing. Thank you
You did a great job, well done
Way to go!
Way to handle that customer / such tough tasks!
