Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 206 · 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.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
2. 2.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) give up
4. 4.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 3:30 PM
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.📅 Your science model is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no spare time (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
10. 10.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 4:40 PM (d) 4:20 PM
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:00 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 4:45 PM
17. 17.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:00 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 4:45 PM
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 48 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper bags in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
22. 22.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:00 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 3:50 PM
23. 23.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a late fine
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) breaking work into steps
25. 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
27. 27.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:25 PM
28. 28.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 6:40 PM (c) 5:55 PM (d) 6:25 PM
29. 29.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 4:35 PM
31. 31.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:20 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 6:05 PM (d) 5:50 PM
32. 32.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) keeping spare days (d) starting on the last day
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) checking progress weekly
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) no spare time
39. 39.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 20 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?

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