Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 147 · 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 poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting early (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) no task list
3. 3.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) give up
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
5. 5.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 4:40 PM
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
8. 8.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) play first
10. 10.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
11. 11.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:30 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 5:55 PM (d) 5:50 PM
12. 12.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 5:05 PM (d) 4:50 PM
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) guessing how long (c) forgetting the due date (d) no task list
14. 14.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 5:00 PM
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
18. 18.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) keeping spare days (c) forgetting the due date (d) breaking work into steps
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) no spare time
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) hard part first (c) one huge deadline (d) forgetting the due date
23. 23.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 5:10 PM (c) 4:15 PM (d) 4:40 PM
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
26. 26.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting on the last day
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 20 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) checking progress weekly
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting on the last day
34. 34.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) this week (d) after it is due
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) one huge deadline (d) starting on the last day
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 30 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
37. 37.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
39. 39.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
40. 40.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

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