General professional vocab

The recipient of the email.

The person who receives the email.

 lifecycle

These are all the changes that happen to something. In the case of a product, its life cycle begins when somebody thinks of the idea, then continues through development and manufacture, and then implementation, and ends when the product is no longer used.

Secondment

A temporary transfer of an employee from their normal position to another project or department.

To go out of business:

when a company stops all of its operations.

To mitigate risks:

To reduce the chances of something bad happening.

Worst-case scenario:

The most unpleasant thing that could happen in a situation.

Cooperate:

To work together in order to achieve an objective.

Supply chain:

All the businesses and contributors involved in creating a product.

Supplier evaluation

 process of analyzing and approving potential suppliers.

Scope creep

A term used when a project's original scope (objective) changes and goes over what was originally intended.

Incremental value delivery

breaking large projects into the small working units, which you release to your customers as soon as they are complete. By releasing small units, you get customer feedback early and at every stage.

beyond your scope of duties

hit the headlines

Come to light

improve

enhance

sophisticated 

advanced

To promise something will be done or happen.

To make something clear.

To check that something is true or correct.

To tell someone with a high level of confidence that something is true.

To perform a task.

To notice something hidden or not obvious

To encourage someone strongly to do something.

To stop something from happening.

To divide things into groups according to their type.

have in mind

thinking about

handled

dealt with 

sent back

returned

all the same 

nevertheless

because of

due to

worried

concerned

Countermeasures

Actions taken to prevent something unwanted.

likehood

The chance of something happening.

Answer a call

You run the risk of dealing with an offended customer.

Replicate an issue.

make the same issue happen again

Do something that results in the customer being angry.

at the expense of customer satisfaction

A standard set of rules.

A common set of rules.

The layout of a document.

The design of a document.

The policy should incorporate the following points.

The policy should include the following points.

The policy can be compact.

The policy may be brief and to the point.

The strategy is outlined in the document.

The strategy is summarized in the document.

The policy is definitely extensive.

The policy certainly covers every area.

they do not have any clue.

They don't know anything.

the big picture

The goals of the company

approach 

attitude

journey between your home and the business.

on-board

already existing

regularly

day-to-day