---
id: 684724a013e1a4392926e487
title: "Dialogue 2: Budget Breakdown"
challengeType: 21
dashedName: dialogue-2-budget-breakdown
lang: en-US
---

# --description--

Watch the video below to understand the context of the upcoming lessons.

# --assignment--

Watch the video.

# --scene--

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      "filename": "B1_23-2.mp3",
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      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Good morning, David. Since Maria is at the conference this week, I'll be walking you through the budget breakdown for our project phases.",
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        "text": "Morning, Alice. That sounds good. Can you start with how our budget is currently allocated across the different phases?",
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        "text": "Absolutely. As of now, 45% of our total budget has been allocated to the development phase.",
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        "text": "Specifically, one-fourth of this portion is directed towards back-end development, which is crucial given our scalability goals.",
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        "text": "And what about the front-end and design aspects?",
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        "text": "The front-end development and user interface design together consume about 27% of the overall budget.",
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        "text": "Half of that is dedicated to user experience enhancements, ensuring the interface is intuitive and user-friendly.",
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        "text": "I see. How are we doing with the testing phase?",
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        "text": "Testing has been allocated 13% of the budget. This covers everything from initial unit tests to final quality assurance checks before launch.",
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      "character": "Alice",
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      "dialogue": {
        "text": "We believe investing here is essential to ensure a stable release.",
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        "text": "What fraction of our resources is still available for the front-end development and user interface design?",
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        "text": "We have set aside 15% of the budget as a contingency. This should cover any unexpected costs during the later stages of the project.",
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        "text": "That's reassuring. Can you tell me how much we've spent to date?",
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        "text": "Up to this point, we've used about 40% of the total budget. Most of that was in the initial setup and early development stages.",
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        "text": "Great. Thanks for the detailed update, Alice. It's helpful to see how our resources are being managed.",
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        "text": "Let's keep a close eye on our spending as we move forward.",
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        "text": "Will do, David. I'll make sure to update you regularly and adjust our allocations as needed based on our progress.",
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```
