Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 107 · 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 of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
2. 2.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting on the last day (c) hard part first (d) using a simple timetable
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) ignoring the timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) listing tasks first (c) keeping spare days (d) breaking work into steps
6. 6.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) this week
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) setting mini-deadlines
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
9. 9.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 6 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) doing only easy bits
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) ignoring the timetable
13. 13.✂️ Your team must make 45 paper flowers in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
14. 14.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 5:50 PM
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting on the last day (d) forgetting the due date
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) breaking work into steps
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) one huge deadline (d) keeping spare days
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting early (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no spare time
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) forgetting the due date (c) guessing how long (d) listing tasks first
24. 24.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
26. 26.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 3:25 PM
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
28. 28.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 8 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
31. 31.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) no task list
33. 33.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) ignoring the timetable (d) hard part first
35. 35.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) one huge deadline
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:25 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:20 PM
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
40. 40.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 6:25 PM (d) 5:30 PM

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