Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

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

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