Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 220 · 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 of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
3. 3.🗓️ 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
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
5. 5.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 6:00 PM
6. 6.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) listing tasks first
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) no spare time (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
9. 9.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 10 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) forgetting the due date
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) guessing how long
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) guessing how long (d) ignoring the timetable
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) forgetting the due date (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) listing tasks first
17. 17.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:45 PM (b) 3:55 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 4:40 PM
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
19. 19.📅 Your art display is due in 9 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 3:45 PM (d) 4:25 PM
21. 21.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) checking progress weekly
23. 23.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 3:55 PM (d) 4:10 PM
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) keeping spare days (d) breaking work into steps
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 9 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
29. 29.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:40 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 6:10 PM (d) 5:55 PM
32. 32.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) one huge deadline (d) doing only easy bits
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting early
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting early (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
39. 39.✂️ Your team must make 35 name badges in 5 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps

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