Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 197 · 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.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
2. 2.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 30 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
4. 4.✂️ Your team must make 10 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) forgetting the due date
6. 6.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
7. 7.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) starting early
9. 9.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 6:35 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 6:20 PM
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 10 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
11. 11.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) listing tasks first
13. 13.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 3:40 PM (c) 3:15 PM (d) 3:55 PM
14. 14.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
17. 17.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting early (c) checking progress weekly (d) breaking work into steps
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 15 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
20. 20.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) ignoring the timetable
22. 22.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
24. 24.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
29. 29.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
31. 31.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) study for the test (c) make the poster (d) play first
32. 32.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 3:45 PM (c) 4:30 PM
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) doing only easy bits
34. 34.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) wait for help
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting early (c) guessing how long (d) setting mini-deadlines
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 40 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
39. 39.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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