Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 192 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) hard part first
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) listing tasks first (d) checking progress weekly
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 32 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
4. 4.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
5. 5.📅 Your history chart is due in 8 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 24 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:30 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 4:20 PM
9. 9.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) in the third week
12. 12.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) hard part first
14. 14.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) wait for help (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) ignoring the timetable
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) keeping spare days
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) guessing how long
19. 19.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 4:35 PM
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) no spare time (d) starting early
23. 23.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
25. 25.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 6:00 PM (d) 5:30 PM
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no spare time
33. 33.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
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) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) checking progress weekly (d) one huge deadline
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
38. 38.📅 Your class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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