Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 11 · 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.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 6:55 PM (c) 6:40 PM (d) 6:10 PM
2. 2.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 4:35 PM
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) ignoring the timetable
4. 4.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) this week
5. 5.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:45 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 4:00 PM (d) 4:45 PM
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Your history chart is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) guessing how long (d) keeping spare days
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) using a simple timetable
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) forgetting the due date
17. 17.📅 Your art display is due in 13 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
18. 18.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 25 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
23. 23.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
24. 24.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:45 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:30 PM
25. 25.📅 Your history chart is due in 9 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) wait for help
31. 31.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 5:30 PM
32. 32.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) ignoring the timetable
36. 36.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) listing tasks first
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
40. 40.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?

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