Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 28 · 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 of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
2. 2.🧩 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) checking progress weekly
4. 4.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
5. 5.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a holiday (d) a late fine
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 3:25 PM (d) 4:00 PM
9. 9.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) there is no need
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
11. 11.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) doing only easy bits
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
14. 14.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) forgetting the due date
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) listing tasks first (c) no task list (d) no spare time
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
19. 19.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) hard part first
21. 21.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) in the third week
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
23. 23.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 13 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
24. 24.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 7:00 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 6:10 PM (d) 6:45 PM
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) one huge deadline (d) setting mini-deadlines
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) study for the test
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
34. 34.✂️ Your team must make 42 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
36. 36.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 16 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) using a simple timetable
39. 39.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) forgetting the due date

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