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1. IT English: Scrum Events
Kateryna Kubasova

3. @Kubasova ETC
http://kubasova.com/

4. Background
НТУУ
«КПИ»
Anzer IT
Healthcare
EPAM
Systems
Luxoft

5. IT English

6. IT English: Intensive
Grammar (8hours)

7. Certifications
• CELTA - Cambridge University
• CPE - Cambridge University
• Project Management - Irvine University – 1 year course
• PMP – New Mindset Centre
• Basics of Scrum, Agile and Project Deivery - Udemy Course
• Scrum Fundamentals – ScrumStudy
• Business Trainer– Synergy University
• Практикующий Бизнес Тренер - IPS

8. IT English: Scrum Events
Kateryna Kubasova

9. Contents01
Small talk
Scrum language
Scrum Planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review (Demo)
Sprint Retrospective

10. 04
Small talk

11. 02
Basic Rules
1. Do your homework
2. Remember the name
3. Ask open questions
3. Make proper introduction
4. Mind the theme
5. Stay positive
6. Exit strategy
Debra Fine – “The Fine Art of Small Talk

12. Daily Scrum Meeting
Failed to prepare?
Prepare to fail!

13. FutureTense
Will To be going to
Pres Cont. (to
be+V ing)

14. Spontaneous
decision
I think, I
suppose, I
believe
Future fact
(anniversary,
birthday)
Promises,
Requests,
Threats
Will
Intentions
Prediction
based on
evidence
To be
going to
Future
arrangements
Present
Cont.

15. • Past action with stated past time
• Sequence of past actions
Past Simple
• Result
• ExperiencePresent perfect
I finalized the report 2 hours ago
I`ve finalized the reporting already

16. Impediment
Trouble
Problem
Issue
Challenge

17. Another, next,
than,
furthermore,
afterwards,
moreover
First and
foremost, first and
most important,
to begin/start with
To make the long
story short, to put
in the finishing
touches, to finish
off/to start off, in
a nutshell
Lastly/finally, last
but not least
to conclude, to
sum up, to recap,
Listing
information

18. Review
(Demo)

19. • it is used to talk about facts
or something that is always
true
• If you write the test case
properly, there are no issues
with it
Zero
If only the specification is completed,
it can be sent to the BA
Pr.
Simple
Pr.
Simple
Zero
Cond.
If=When

21. Retrospective Objectives
Keep
Start
Stop

22. • Is used to talk about past actions
• If we hadn`t done it, we would have
received such an answer
Third
If we had hold the meeting altogether,
we would have got better results
Past
Perfect
Would
have+
V3
Third
Cond.
Past perfect=
had+V3

23. We estimate the US correctly
2 developers don`t catch a cold
You set the priority first
Product Owner lives in Kyiv
Scrum Master knows English
The Team is more enthusiastic
IF We would have
deployed in time

24. • We should better do
• Why don’t we do
• How about we do
• I recommend that we do
• I suggest that we do
• We could always do
• I think we should
consider+Ving
• Perhaps we could do
• It`s probably worth +Ving
• I`d rather not do
• It would be better to do
• If you ask me, we should do
• …that`s my view on this
Retrospective phrases
 I`m not sure
 Sorry, I don`t think that would work
 ExactlyNot exactly
 I`m convincednot convinced
 Absolutelydefinitely
 Can we move on to the next point
 Let`s turn to the next item
 IndeedTotally
 An excellent suggestion
 That`s a great idea

25. 04
Meeting Vocabulary
Starting I didn`t get it Finishing
“Today I’m here to talk to
you about…”
“I’m delighted to be here
today to tell you about…”
“Today I would like to
outline our plans for…”
“Hi everyone, I’m [your
name]. I’m going to keep
this brief, as I know
you’re all busy people.
I’m going to make this
quick for you…”
“I didn’t catch that last
bit. Can you say it again
please?”
“Could you speak more
slowly, please?”
“Could you explain that
in another way, please?”
“I’m afraid I didn’t get
that.”
“I’m sorry, but could you
speak up a little?”
“I didn’t quite hear that,
sorry, can you say that
again?”
“Well, that brings me to
the end of my
presentation, thanks so
much for listening.”
“It was a real pleasure
being here today.
Goodbye and thank you.”
“Well that’s it from me.
Thanks a lot.”
“Let`s call it a day”

26. 09
Communication
Breakdown
•Sorry, I lost my train of
thought.
•Let me start that again.
•Let me start over.
•Let’s try that one more time.
•Let me rephrase that.
•That came out wrong.
•That’s not what I meant to
say.
•Give me a second. Let me
restate that.
•Let me gather my thoughts.
•Let me try that again.
•Let me explain that again.
When you`re
struggling to
explain
•That’s not exactly what I meant.
•Actually, what I meant was (idea), not (the
other idea).
•I actually suggested that we (do X action),
not (X action).
•I meant to say that (rephrase your idea).
•My idea was actually that we should…
•What I meant by (word or phrase) was….
•I was actually trying to suggest that…
•Let’s see if I can explain myself better.
•Let me try to explain that another way.
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27. 10
•Would you mind repeating that for me again?
•Would you mind going over that one more time?
•Sorry, could I ask you to tell me that (piece of information) again?
•Could you clarify what you meant by (challenging word)?
•Just a second, could I get a little more clarification on (X topic)? I just want to be
sure I understood.
•Sorry to interrupt, but I didn’t catch that. Could you run it by me one more time?
•Could you be more specific?
•I don’t think I got your meaning. Could you go over that again?
•I don’t think I quite understand what you meant. Would you mind repeating that?
Please,
repeat
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28. 10
•All things considered, our next steps are…
•So the bottom line is that we should…
How will these changes affect our bottom line?
He's always got his eye on the bottom line.
He says his bottom line is $120,000.
•In a nutshell (informal)
•In conclusion, on the whole, in short, in summary, in the final analysis,
to sum up, to summarize
Conclusion
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29. One-to-one
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30. @Kubasova ETC
http://kubasova.com/