Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 179 · 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) after it is due (b) this week (c) the night before (d) in the third week
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) breaking work into steps (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
4. 4.🧩 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
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (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 3:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 5:00 PM
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
9. 9.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:25 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 6:10 PM
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first
11. 11.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
12. 12.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
14. 14.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
17. 17.📅 Your school play is due in 16 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
18. 18.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) neither (d) make the poster
20. 20.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) using a simple timetable
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
22. 22.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) keeping spare days
24. 24.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) keeping spare days (d) no task list
26. 26.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
27. 27.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 6:45 PM
33. 33.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 21 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) one huge deadline (d) no task list
40. 40.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True

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