Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 272 · 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: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
5. 5.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to start late
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) doing only easy bits
7. 7.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) do it all at once
9. 9.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) this week (c) the night before (d) in the third week
10. 10.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) neither
11. 11.✂️ Your team must make 15 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 15 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
13. 13.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:25 PM (b) 6:50 PM (c) 7:05 PM (d) 6:10 PM
14. 14.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 13 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) using a simple timetable
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) no spare time (c) keeping spare days (d) breaking work into steps
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
18. 18.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 7 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📅 Your school play 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?
22. 22.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 5:10 PM (c) 5:50 PM (d) 5:25 PM
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) forgetting the due date
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 36 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
30. 30.📅 Your science model is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
31. 31.📅 Your science model is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting early
33. 33.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) keeping spare days
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 27 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) no spare time (d) starting early
39. 39.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 4:35 PM (d) 5:20 PM
40. 40.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) the final due date

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