PPD Week 4.

Time Management & Productive Work:

Exercise 4: Action Plan (for WS3)

Complete the following Time Management (TM) action plan. You should keep this
handout as you will need to complete it for your Professional Development Plan
(Professional Artefacts section).

(I.) On a scale of 1 to 10 (1= no problem, 10=big problems), I would rate my TM skills

as follows:
1.Busy versus Productive:
a.Indecision and delay 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
b.Paralyzing Perfectionism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
c.Setting unchallenging objectives: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2.Procrastination: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3.Urgency versus Importance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4.Prioritization: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

(II.) I believe that I can improve my Time Management knowledge, skills and abilities in
the following 4 areas (1, 2, 3, 4) above (in order of importance). Note – for section 1
(Busy versus Productive) choose ONE of 1a, 1b, 1c or 1d.:
A.
B.
C.
D
Note: These improvements will represent your overall goals for completing your TM
Plan. You should have one detailed objective for each overall goal.
Note: Be sure your detailed objectives are SMART - specific, measurable, attainable,
realistic and time-bound.

Make notes and do rough work on separate paper before completing your TM plan.
(III.) Complete your TM plan (with objectives, methods, timescale and monitor &
review) to attain these improvements.
Note – if you just write something like “Make a to do list” you will receive a low mark
Make sure your monitor and review sections do provide suitable processes for monitoring
your progress (i.e. during the method) and reviewing your outcome (i.e. at the end of the
method).
 Time Management Action Plan
Name: Group:

Objectives (What you want Methods (How you plan to Timescale Monitor & review(How you
to do to improve your TM achieve your objective) (How long will check the process and the
habits) you do this) result)
A.

B.

C.

D.