Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 287 · 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.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) there is no need (c) to start late (d) to rest only
2. 2.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
4. 4.🧩 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
5. 5.✂️ Your team must make 42 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
6. 6.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) after it is due
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) checking progress weekly
9. 9.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
11. 11.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
14. 14.📅 Your history chart is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 30 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
22. 22.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 4:40 PM
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.✂️ Your team must make 14 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) hard part first (d) starting early
28. 28.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) listing tasks first (d) starting on the last day
30. 30.⏰ 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) 6:50 PM (c) 6:35 PM (d) 5:50 PM
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 5 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) checking progress weekly (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first

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