Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 105 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Steps, dates, spare days): List the steps and give each step a number of days and a mini-deadline. Days needed = add up the steps. Spare days = days you have − days needed. Due in 14 days, tasks 3 + 5 + 2 = 10 days → 4 spare days. Do what is due sooner first, start early and check your progress every week.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) hard part first
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) no task list (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
5. 5.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) to start late
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
11. 11.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 6:10 PM
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) guessing how long
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) keeping spare days (d) doing only easy bits
15. 15.✂️ Your team must make 15 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
16. 16.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 3:55 PM
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) hard part first (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
22. 22.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) using a simple timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) forgetting the due date
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) guessing how long
24. 24.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
28. 28.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) the night before
29. 29.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) hard part first (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting on the last day
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.📅 Your school play is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 27 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
37. 37.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) listing tasks first (c) keeping spare days (d) breaking work into steps
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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