Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 263 · 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: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to start late (d) to rest only
5. 5.📅 Your school play is due in 14 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
6. 6.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) study for the test (c) make the poster (d) play first
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) using a simple timetable
16. 16.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:15 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 6:50 PM (d) 7:05 PM
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
18. 18.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) hard part first
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) no spare time
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) keeping spare days
22. 22.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) checking progress weekly (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 16 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
25. 25.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) listing tasks first (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) guessing how long (d) starting early
28. 28.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) after it is due
29. 29.📅 Your art display is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 5:15 PM
31. 31.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) ignoring the timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) using a simple timetable (d) doing only easy bits
36. 36.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 30 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
38. 38.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 6:50 PM (d) 6:35 PM
39. 39.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first

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