Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 165 · 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.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) hard part first (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) ignoring the timetable
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 7:10 PM (d) 6:55 PM
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) hard part first
10. 10.⏳ 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
11. 11.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) break it into steps (c) give up (d) wait for help
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting on the last day (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) one huge deadline (d) using a simple timetable
15. 15.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:20 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 7:05 PM (d) 7:20 PM
16. 16.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 45 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) guessing how long (d) setting mini-deadlines
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
22. 22.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:25 PM (b) 3:45 PM (c) 4:00 PM (d) 3:20 PM
25. 25.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) the final due date
26. 26.✂️ Your team must make 12 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) after it is due
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) no task list
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) no task list (c) using a simple timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
33. 33.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 30 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) one huge deadline
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) one huge deadline

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