Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 254 · 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.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
6. 6.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
7. 7.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 16 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.📅 Your class magazine is due in 7 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) starting early (c) one huge deadline (d) doing only easy bits
10. 10.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
11. 11.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) in the third week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
13. 13.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 4:00 PM (c) 4:50 PM (d) 4:35 PM
14. 14.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
17. 17.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
19. 19.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:25 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 5:00 PM (d) 4:20 PM
20. 20.📅 Your science model is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
24. 24.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📅 Your school play is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) break it into steps
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) doing only easy bits
29. 29.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
31. 31.✂️ Your team must make 45 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
33. 33.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper bags in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) doing only easy bits
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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