Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 162 · 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 project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
2. 2.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) study for the test (c) neither (d) make the poster
3. 3.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) forgetting the due date
6. 6.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a late fine (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) one huge deadline (d) using a simple timetable
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
11. 11.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 4:25 PM (c) 5:20 PM (d) 5:05 PM
14. 14.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) starting on the last day
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) forgetting the due date (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) starting early
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) guessing how long (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
24. 24.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
26. 26.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) starting early
28. 28.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) setting mini-deadlines
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) hard part first
32. 32.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) to start late
33. 33.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.✂️ Your team must make 28 paper bags in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
35. 35.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 20 name badges in 5 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 48 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting early (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early

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