Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 114 · 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) using a simple timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
3. 3.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 8 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
4. 4.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) to start late
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) no task list (d) checking progress weekly
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) ignoring the timetable (d) keeping spare days
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 16 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
10. 10.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 5:55 PM (c) 6:30 PM (d) 6:15 PM
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 30 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
16. 16.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.🗓️ 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
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 18 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
20. 20.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 8 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) forgetting the due date (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) forgetting the due date
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting early (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) setting mini-deadlines
35. 35.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:50 PM (d) 5:05 PM
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
37. 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) no spare time
38. 38.📅 Your art display is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines

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