Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 262 · 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) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
2. 2.🗓️ 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
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
5. 5.📅 Your history chart is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
6. 6.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
9. 9.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) one huge deadline
11. 11.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) using a simple timetable (d) guessing how long
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
14. 14.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) wait for help
15. 15.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) hard part first (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) starting early (d) using a simple timetable
19. 19.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 16 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
23. 23.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no task list
29. 29.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:35 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 5:15 PM
31. 31.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) to start late
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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