Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 269 · 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: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
3. 3.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 3:20 PM (d) 3:55 PM
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) one huge deadline
5. 5.📅 Your art display 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?
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
8. 8.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) this week
9. 9.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) guessing how long
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
12. 12.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
14. 14.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
17. 17.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) ignoring the timetable
19. 19.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:45 PM (b) 5:45 PM (c) 6:00 PM (d) 6:30 PM
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) no task list (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
21. 21.📅 Your school play is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) keeping spare days (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) no task list (d) checking progress weekly
28. 28.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:50 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:25 PM
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 8 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) checking progress weekly (d) using a simple timetable
31. 31.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:15 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 6:30 PM
32. 32.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✂️ Your team must make 36 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.📋 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
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
40. 40.📅 Your class magazine is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?

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