Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 182 · 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.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) study for the test (c) make the poster (d) neither
2. 2.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 3:40 PM
3. 3.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) wait for help
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
5. 5.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✂️ Your team must make 4 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
7. 7.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) for surprises (c) to start late (d) there is no need
8. 8.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) this week
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) using a simple timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
14. 14.📅 Your school play is due in 5 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) ignoring the timetable (c) hard part first (d) setting mini-deadlines
24. 24.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) hard part first
27. 27.📅 Your class magazine is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
29. 29.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 5:00 PM (d) 5:15 PM
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:45 PM (d) 5:30 PM
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) listing tasks first (d) one huge deadline
32. 32.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) hard part first
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
39. 39.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 5:05 PM (d) 6:05 PM
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 27 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?

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