Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 176 · 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 18 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 30 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.🧩 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
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
7. 7.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 15 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
9. 9.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) for surprises
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting early
11. 11.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
12. 12.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:40 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 6:05 PM
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) guessing how long
14. 14.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) this week
15. 15.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
20. 20.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 5:05 PM
22. 22.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 8 paper bags in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.✂️ Your team must make 24 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
27. 27.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
28. 28.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) setting mini-deadlines
32. 32.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 5:25 PM
33. 33.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 27 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) setting mini-deadlines
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) checking progress weekly
40. 40.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True

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