Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 18 · 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 good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) no spare time (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) listing tasks first
3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) keeping spare days
5. 5.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) neither (c) make the poster (d) play first
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) no task list
8. 8.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) no spare time
11. 11.✂️ Your team must make 20 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
14. 14.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) this week
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
16. 16.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
17. 17.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) keeping spare days (d) checking progress weekly
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) listing tasks first
20. 20.📅 Your class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
22. 22.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:45 PM (b) 7:00 PM (c) 6:05 PM (d) 6:25 PM
25. 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
26. 26.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) checking progress weekly (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
33. 33.📅 Your science model is due in 13 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.📅 Your history chart is due in 15 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
37. 37.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) there is no need
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) checking progress weekly
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 6:35 PM (d) 6:05 PM

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