Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 154 · 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.⏳ 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
2. 2.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) starting on the last day
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) listing tasks first (d) keeping spare days
11. 11.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) guessing how long (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) doing only easy bits
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) listing tasks first (d) starting on the last day
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.📅 Your class magazine is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
25. 25.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) neither (c) make the poster (d) study for the test
28. 28.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) wait for help
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) one huge deadline
33. 33.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
39. 39.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) one huge deadline (d) listing tasks first

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