Use milestone, deliverable, scope, stakeholder accurately in context
Read and discuss a topic-specific article at B1 level
Practise speaking fluently on planning and delivering work
Complete written exercises with vocabulary in context
Teaching Notes
Warm-up: allow 8-10 min, let personal answers develop
Article: read together or have students read silently first
Vocabulary match: good for pair work
Speaking: encourage full sentences, not one-word answers
Exit questions: 5-min closer, no prep needed
Timing Guide
Warm-up: 8 min
Article + comprehension: 12 min
Vocabulary + match: 10 min
Exercises: 10 min
Speaking + discussion: 15 min
Exit + recap: 5 min
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B1 · Lesson 27 · Planning and Delivering Work
Project Management
Planning and Delivering Workmilestonedeliverablescope
Getting started
Warm-Up Questions
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Read & Understand
Article
Project Management
Good project management is the difference between delivering results and delivering excuses. Before a project begins, you need to define the scope — what is included and, equally important, what is not. Identify your stakeholders and understand what success looks like for each of them. Break the project into milestones and deliverables with clear owners and deadlines. Identify risks early and have a contingency plan. During the project, communicate proactively — do not wait for problems to escalate before informing stakeholders. A bottleneck ignored is a deadline missed. The best project managers are not those who prevent all problems — they are those who see problems coming and adapt before the impact becomes critical.
💡 Did you know? Research by PMI (Project Management Institute) shows that only 58% of projects are completed on time and within budget. Poor communication is cited as the main reason for failure in over 50% of cases.
Topic: Planning and Delivering Work
Key words
Vocabulary
01
milestone
a significant stage or event in the development of a project
02
deliverable
a specific output or result that must be produced by a certain date
03
scope
the range of things covered by a project
04
stakeholder
a person or group with an interest in the outcome of a project
05
risk
the possibility that something could go wrong
06
contingency
a plan made in case something unexpected happens
07
sign off
to give official approval to something
08
bottleneck
a point in a process where progress is slowed down
09
iterate
to repeat a process making improvements each time
010
dependencies
tasks that cannot start until other tasks are completed
Match the Words
Click a word on the left, then click its definition on the right.
milestone
deliverable
scope
stakeholder
risk
contingency
sign off
bottleneck
iterate
dependencies
a point in a process where progress is slowed down
a person or group with an interest in the outcome of a project
the range of things covered by a project
to repeat a process making improvements each time
a plan made in case something unexpected happens
to give official approval to something
tasks that cannot start until other tasks are completed
the possibility that something could go wrong
a significant stage or event in the development of a project
a specific output or result that must be produced by a certain date
Say it right
Pronunciation
milestone
MIL-est-one
deliverable
DEL-ive-rable
scope
SC-ope
stakeholder
STA-keh-older
risk
RISK
contingency
CON-tin-gency
Read & Discuss
Short Dialogue
A:
I've been thinking a lot about milestone recently.
B:
Really? What's your take on it?
A:
I think the issue of deliverable is often misunderstood.
B:
I agree. Most people don't consider the impact of scope.
A:
Exactly. And when you add stakeholder into the mix, it gets complicated.
B:
So what do you think the solution is?
A:
Honestly? It requires both individual action and systemic change.
B:
That's a fair point. It's never just one or the other.
Comprehension
What topic are they discussing?
What does person B agree with?
What does person A say the solution requires?
Practice
Exercises
Gap Fill
Complete each sentence using vocabulary from today's lesson.
1. Completing the first prototype was an important .
2. The main for Q2 is the completed user research report.
3. We need to define the before we start.
4. We need to update all s on the change in timeline.
5. Identify the s early and plan how to manage them.
Error Correction
Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
She is very experience in deliverable.
The scope of the project were not meet.
He gave us many advices about stakeholder.
Despite of the pressure, she succeeded.
Speaking practice
Speaking Prompts
Discuss with your partner
Describe a project you are working on or recently completed. What were the main milestones?
What is the biggest project management challenge in your role?
How do you communicate project updates to stakeholders? What works best?
Summarise today's topic in 3 sentences using vocabulary from this lesson.
Grammar focus: Future forms for project planning: Will for decisions and predictions (We will d... — can you give an example?
Open discussion
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More Questions
Use with pairs or whole class · Encourage full answers
Write a project status update email (8-10 sentences) to a stakeholder. Include: overall progress, milestones reached, any risks or delays, and next steps.
