Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 153 · 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.✂️ Your team must make 20 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
2. 2.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) give up (d) break it into steps
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) no spare time (d) guessing how long
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) hard part first
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) ignoring the timetable
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
9. 9.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) guessing how long
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) hard part first
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
13. 13.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) no spare time (d) guessing how long
16. 16.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) no task list (d) starting early
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
19. 19.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 18 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
22. 22.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 4:50 PM (d) 4:35 PM
23. 23.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
25. 25.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.⏰ 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) 4:15 PM (c) 4:40 PM (d) 5:10 PM
28. 28.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 5:20 PM
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
31. 31.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) this week
32. 32.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 4:35 PM (d) 5:20 PM
34. 34.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
38. 38.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 5:15 PM
40. 40.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False

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