Management

Which of the following is a true statement?

• Time management means always doing more than one task at the same time.

• Good time management means never taking breaks.

• Time management is about planning to get tasks done and doing them.

• One way to manage your time well is to ignore deadlines and focus on doing the most fun activities.

Which word means determine the order for dealing with (a series of items or tasks) according to their relative importance?

• Planner

• Prioritise

• Schedule

• Task

Zeina is following the time management steps. She just made a list of her tasks and estimated how much time they will take. What should she do next?

• She should take a break and eat a snack.

• She should organise her tasks alphabetically.

• She should cross off tasks that she doesn’t want to do right away.

• She should prioritise her tasks, or put them in order of importance.

Dylan has a final exam on Tuesday. His goal is to earn an A on it. On Monday afternoon, he starts playing video games. When his father tells him to study, Dylan responds, “I’ll do it later.” What could Dylan improve about his time management skills?

• He should think about his goals and what will help him to reach them.

• He should make a more flexible schedule.

• He should take more breaks.

• Dylan is managing his time well.

Which of the following is a good time management strategy?

• forgetting about deadlines

• never looking at a schedule or to-do list and just doing the tasks you remember

• thinking about the consequences of your actions when you prioritize your tasks

•  keeping your phone next to you while you study

Decide that an amount of money or time should be used for a certain purpose.

• Change order

• To sign off

• Contingency

• To allocate

The person with overall responsibility for a project.

• Baseline

• To allocate

• Project manager 

• To estimate

Items needed to complete a project: tools, supply item, facility or person.

• To sign off

• Contingency

• Resources

• Sponsor

Allocation of resources that are to be used in something unforeseen. 

• Contingency

• Project manager 

• Resources

• Change order

Request for a charge in a project’s scope, deliverables or cost.

• Change order

• Contingency

• Project manager 

• Resources