Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 241 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) forgetting the due date (c) guessing how long (d) listing tasks first
2. 2.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) study for the test (d) neither
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
6. 6.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) hard part first
9. 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) checking progress weekly (c) starting early (d) breaking work into steps
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
12. 12.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
14. 14.📅 Your class magazine is due in 10 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
16. 16.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
20. 20.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 4:50 PM
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
22. 22.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) hard part first (c) keeping spare days (d) setting mini-deadlines
24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) forgetting the due date (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) guessing how long (d) keeping spare days
27. 27.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 40 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) one huge deadline (d) using a simple timetable
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
31. 31.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) forgetting the due date (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a holiday
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
39. 39.✂️ Your team must make 8 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
40. 40.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 5:55 PM (d) 5:40 PM

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