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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 106 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
  2. 2.✂️ Your team must make 8 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) keeping spare days (c) hard part first (d) using a simple timetable
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) no spare time
  5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) forgetting the due date
  6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  7. 7.🧩 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
  8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  10. 10.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
  11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  14. 14.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no spare time
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) hard part first
  18. 18.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
  20. 20.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) keeping spare days (d) no task list
  23. 23.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 5:25 PM (d) 4:45 PM
  26. 26.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 6:55 PM (d) 6:40 PM
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
  29. 29.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) doing only easy bits
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
  33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
  34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  36. 36.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  38. 38.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📅 Your class magazine is due in 12 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
  40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first

Answer key

  1. starting on the last day
  2. 4
  3. one huge deadline
  4. keeping spare days
  5. breaking work into steps
  6. poor planning
  7. break it into steps
  8. good planning
  9. poor planning
  10. this week
  11. poor planning
  12. good planning
  13. good planning
  14. False
  15. True
  16. no spare time
  17. doing only easy bits
  18. True
  19. 8
  20. True
  21. False
  22. keeping spare days
  23. False
  24. True
  25. 5:25 PM
  26. True
  27. 6:40 PM
  28. guessing how long
  29. for surprises
  30. setting mini-deadlines
  31. no spare time
  32. forgetting the due date
  33. hard part first
  34. poor planning
  35. poor planning
  36. True
  37. poor planning
  38. False
  39. 5
  40. ignoring the timetable

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