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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 140 · 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.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
  5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) no task list
  8. 8.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) study for the test (c) neither (d) play first
  10. 10.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:50 PM (b) 3:45 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 4:35 PM
  11. 11.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:45 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 4:20 PM
  12. 12.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
  14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting early
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) keeping spare days (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
  16. 16.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📅 Your science model is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
  18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) doing only easy bits
  19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
  20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 15 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
  21. 21.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  25. 25.✂️ Your team must make 8 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
  26. 26.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗓️ 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
  28. 28.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) doing only easy bits (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) using a simple timetable
  30. 30.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) for surprises (c) to start late (d) there is no need
  31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  32. 32.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) guessing how long
  34. 34.📅 Your art display is due in 12 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
  35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting early (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
  38. 38.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
  40. 40.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 12 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. setting mini-deadlines
  4. breaking work into steps
  5. good planning
  6. poor planning
  7. starting early
  8. True
  9. study for the test
  10. 4:20 PM
  11. 4:05 PM
  12. False
  13. a date for one step
  14. ignoring the timetable
  15. keeping spare days
  16. True
  17. 4
  18. doing only easy bits
  19. hard part first
  20. 5
  21. True
  22. False
  23. True
  24. good planning
  25. 2
  26. True
  27. this week
  28. False
  29. doing only easy bits
  30. for surprises
  31. good planning
  32. True
  33. listing tasks first
  34. 5
  35. good planning
  36. poor planning
  37. one huge deadline
  38. True
  39. using a simple timetable
  40. 4

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