Just a heads-up, the deployment might be delayed.
Warn people early.
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Giving updates
Report progress and blockers in standups. English meeting phrases grouped by function (clarifying, opinions, pushing back, confirming, declining…) with sample audio to listen and repeat.
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15 phrases
I'm blocked on the staging environment.
Name what is stopping your progress.
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I'll need some help from the DevOps team on this.
Ask a specific team for support.
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No blockers on my side.
Say briefly that nothing is blocking you.
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We're on track for the release on Friday.
Confirm a deadline will be met.
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Just a quick update on the migration.
Introduce a short status update.
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It's still in progress, but I should have a PR up by end of day.
Report unfinished work and when it will be ready.
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Today I'm going to finish the API integration.
Say what you plan to do today.
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It took longer than expected because of some edge cases.
Explain a delay without sounding defensive.
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Yesterday I worked on the payment retry logic.
Open your standup update with what you did yesterday.
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My rough estimate is three to four days.
Give an estimate as a range.
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We've found the root cause. It was a bad config change.
Report the root cause.
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The issue is mitigated, but we're still monitoring.
Give a careful incident status.
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I'll post the next update in fifteen minutes.
Set a time for the next incident update.
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We're seeing a spike in errors on the checkout service.
Report what is happening during an incident.
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