Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 137 · 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 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:25 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 4:05 PM
2. 2.📋 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
3. 3.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
5. 5.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
7. 7.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) hard part first (c) forgetting the due date (d) no task list
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 24 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) ignoring the timetable
11. 11.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
13. 13.✂️ Your team must make 45 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
14. 14.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
16. 16.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 18 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
21. 21.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) do it all at once
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) no task list (d) guessing how long
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) doing only easy bits (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
29. 29.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) keeping spare days
31. 31.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) forgetting the due date (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no spare time
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) in the third week
36. 36.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:20 PM (b) 6:55 PM (c) 6:05 PM (d) 6:40 PM
37. 37.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 3:25 PM (d) 4:00 PM
40. 40.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 6:45 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 6:30 PM

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