쉐도잉 연습: Pushing Back on an Unrealistic Deadline - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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So he wants the whole platform live by the twentieth?
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That's what the email says. Three weeks, no exceptions.
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Priya, that's not ambitious. That's delusional.
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I know. Which is why I'm going to push back.
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Mark, have you got five minutes? It's about the launch date.
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Sure. Though I should warn you, the date isn't up for debate.
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Understood. I'd still like to flag a few risks before we commit.
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Go on. I'm listening.
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To be candid, three weeks only works if nothing goes wrong.
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And in my experience, something always goes wrong.
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That sounds like a convenient way of saying no.
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It's a way of saying we'd be cutting corners on testing.
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If we ship with bugs, the launch becomes a liability, not a win.
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I hear you. But the board has been promised a date.
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Moving it now would make us look like we can't deliver.
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That's a fair point. So let's not move the date.
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Let's narrow the scope instead.
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Narrow it how?
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We launch the core features on the twentieth, fully tested.
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The reporting dashboard follows two weeks later, as a phase two.
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And the board gets their launch, just without the bells and whistles.
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Exactly. We under-promise now and over-deliver in phase two.
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Alright. I can sell that upstairs, provided phase two doesn't slip.
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It won't. I'll build in a buffer this time.
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Good. And Priya, I appreciate you raising this early.
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Most people would've just nodded and burned out by week three.
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I'd rather have an awkward conversation than a failed launch.
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Well? Are we still doomed?
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We're launching the core on the twentieth. Dashboard is phase two.
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You actually got him to budge? How?
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I didn't argue about the date. I argued about the risk.
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Remind me never to negotiate against you.
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외우면 유용한 표현과 콜로케이션

  • "push back": 반박하다, 거부하다. "비현실적인 데드라인에 push back하다"처럼 사용합니다.
  • "flag a few risks": 몇 가지 위험을 지적하다. 프로젝트 논의에서 자주 쓰이는 표현입니다.
  • "cut corners on testing": 테스트를 대충하다. "cut corners"는 "짧은 길을 택하다, 대충 처리하다"는 뜻입니다.
  • "under-promise and over-deliver": 약속은 적게 하고 실제로는 더 많이 해내다. 비즈니스 회화에서 인정받는 태도를 표현할 때 유용합니다.
  • "budge": (의견이나 결정이) 바뀌다. "그를 budge시켰다"는 "그의 마음을 돌렸다"는 뜻입니다.

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