Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 271 · 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.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) this week
2. 2.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 36 paper bags in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) one huge deadline
7. 7.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) doing only easy bits (d) checking progress weekly
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) there is no need (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
13. 13.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
15. 15.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) one huge deadline (d) no spare time
19. 19.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:45 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 6:10 PM (d) 6:05 PM
20. 20.🧩 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
21. 21.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
25. 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) guessing how long (c) using a simple timetable (d) listing tasks first
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
29. 29.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 14 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 14 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) ignoring the timetable
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
33. 33.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 5:10 PM
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
36. 36.📅 Your school play is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.📅 Your class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

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