Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 290 · 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 good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) forgetting the due date (c) no spare time (d) starting on the last day
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
3. 3.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) this week (c) in the third week (d) after it is due
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) checking progress weekly
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
6. 6.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
8. 8.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 21 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
10. 10.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
12. 12.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) one huge deadline (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
14. 14.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a late fine
15. 15.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:45 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 3:50 PM
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
19. 19.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) wait for help (c) give up (d) do it all at once
20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 15 paper flowers in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
21. 21.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) make the poster (c) play first (d) study for the test
22. 22.📅 Your eco-club poster 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?
23. 23.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) forgetting the due date
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting on the last day
26. 26.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 9 bookmarks in 3 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
32. 32.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 5:05 PM (d) 4:50 PM
33. 33.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 5:20 PM (d) 4:50 PM
34. 34.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
36. 36.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
37. 37.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting early
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) breaking work into steps (c) forgetting the due date (d) one huge deadline
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long

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