Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 16 · 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) listing tasks first (b) one huge deadline (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) starting early
3. 3.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) study for the test (d) play first
4. 4.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✂️ Your team must make 4 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
6. 6.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
7. 7.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting on the last day
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) no spare time
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) using a simple timetable
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
11. 11.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) break it into steps
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
14. 14.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) no task list
16. 16.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
19. 19.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) forgetting the due date (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) one huge deadline
24. 24.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) guessing how long (c) breaking work into steps (d) hard part first
28. 28.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 5:00 PM (d) 4:20 PM
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) checking progress weekly
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) breaking work into steps
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
36. 36.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) there is no need (c) to start late (d) to rest only
37. 37.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) the night before
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) hard part first
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) no spare time
40. 40.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True

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