Work Strengths Test Question 29 – Planning work with linked deadlines
Read the scenario and rate every action independently. More than one action can receive the same rating.
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Scenario
You receive six documents that must be prepared for different meetings over the next three days. Two cannot be completed until figures arrive from another team, and one must be checked by a colleague before it is sent. The easiest documents have the latest deadlines. Your manager has asked you to organise the work and flag anything that may not be ready on time.
Rate the actions
For each action, choose Counterproductive, Ineffective, Fairly Effective or Effective.
Action A
List the deadlines and dependencies, start the items that can progress now, request the missing figures and book the required check.
Rate this action:
CounterproductiveIneffectiveFairly EffectiveEffective
Action B
Create a checklist ordered by deadline and work through it from the top.
Rate this action:
CounterproductiveIneffectiveFairly EffectiveEffective
Action C
Wait until all missing information has arrived before starting, so that the documents can be completed in one organised sequence.
Rate this action:
CounterproductiveIneffectiveFairly EffectiveEffective
Action D
Complete the easiest documents first so that several items can quickly be marked as finished.
Rate this action:
CounterproductiveIneffectiveFairly EffectiveEffective
Click to reveal the answer
- Action A: Effective
- Action B: Fairly Effective
- Action C: Counterproductive
- Action D: Ineffective
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