Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 214 · 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.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 6:00 PM
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) setting mini-deadlines
5. 5.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📅 Your art display is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
7. 7.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
8. 8.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) keeping spare days (d) hard part first
9. 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) doing only easy bits (d) keeping spare days
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) ignoring the timetable (d) forgetting the due date
11. 11.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 6:45 PM (d) 6:10 PM
12. 12.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:20 PM
13. 13.✂️ Your team must make 10 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
14. 14.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) study for the test (c) neither (d) play first
15. 15.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) guessing how long
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 5:45 PM (d) 6:25 PM
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) one huge deadline (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
23. 23.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) wait for help (c) do it all at once (d) give up
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) listing tasks first (d) one huge deadline
25. 25.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
26. 26.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting early (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) guessing how long
30. 30.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 4:00 PM (d) 4:10 PM
31. 31.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) the night before
34. 34.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) using a simple timetable (d) hard part first
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 8 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
38. 38.📅 Your history chart is due in 10 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: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) hard part first

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