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Projects and EnglishProjects and English

What is the meaning of a

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How projects can be?

Why English is strongly

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What is the meaning of aProject?

TemporaryTemporary

1. Has a defined star and end . End means:A. Objectives are met.

B. Project is not needed any more.

2. Doesnt mean short.

UniqueUniquediffer, even slightly similar from other projects.

ROWAD, 2008, KSA PMBOK 3th Ed, PMI , 2004

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What is the meaning of aProject?

Cont. ProgressivelyPro

gressively andand ElaboratedElaborated..

Ad va nced to th enex t acti vi ty o rphrase.

De velope d andexe cut ed wi thcar e and d etai ldurin g t he pr ojectperiod.

ROWAD, 2008, KSA PMBOK 3th Ed, PMI , 2004

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How project can be?

OK Wha t t ype of t his c ar ??K Wha t t ype of t his c ar ?? ?

Fast - Cheap -Good

You can pick

any two. !!

What type of car you need?What type of car you need?

Peter McBride, PMP, 2001, www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5C0v13e4U0 PMBOK 3th Ed, PMI , 2004

Lets take a simple example .. Shall we

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How project can be?

These terminologies and

methodologies come from an

organization called

PMIPMI

(Project Management Institute)(Project Management Institute)

In U.S.AIn U.S.A

ROWAD, 2008, KSA PMBOK 3th Ed, PMI , 2004

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PM in EnglishPM in English

Eng Molham Aldrobi, PMP, Teaching certified from PMI, 2004 PMI organization. *PM: Project Management

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10 PMI organization. www.pmi.org

PM in EnglishPM in English

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PMI relies andPMI relies and

emphasizesemphasizesEngliEngli

shshIn most countries, PMP certif. is a credit for the employment.In most countries, PMP certif. is a credit for the employment.

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Conclusion

The definition of project :The definition of project :

unique, temporary, progressivelyunique, temporary, progressively

and elaborated.and elaborated.

The triangle columns of theThe triangle columns of the

project and the processes.project and the processes.

How its very strong related toHow its very strong related to

English (American English)English (American English)

(Native English Speaker Country)(Native English Speaker Country)

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THE ENDTHE END

Any

Question ?????

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References:References:

PMI (Project Management Institute),

www.pmi.org

Eng Molham Aldrobi, PMP, Teaching

certified from PMI, 2004, ROWAD

organization, KSA

Peter McBride, PMP, 2001, visual audio

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5C0v13e4U0

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English origins

A survey of about 80,000 words in the old Shorter Oxford Dictionary(3rd ed.)was published in Ordered Profusion by Thomas Finkenstaedt and DieterWolff (1973):

French and Old Norman : 28.3%

Latin : 28.24%

Other Germanic languages : 25%

Greek : 5.32%

No etymology given: 4.03%

Derived from proper names: 3.28% All other languages contributed

less than : 1%

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Normanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_French_originhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languageshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languageshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_French_originhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norman

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