Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 304 · 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) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no spare time (c) keeping spare days (d) breaking work into steps
3. 3.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 6:10 PM (d) 5:30 PM
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long
5. 5.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 5:25 PM (d) 5:40 PM
6. 6.🗓️ 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
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no spare time (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 16 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) ignoring the timetable
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) using a simple timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
16. 16.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:25 PM (b) 3:45 PM (c) 4:10 PM (d) 3:55 PM
17. 17.📅 Your school play 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?
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 54 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
19. 19.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
20. 20.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 7:05 PM (b) 6:10 PM (c) 6:50 PM
21. 21.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) keeping spare days (c) listing tasks first (d) one huge deadline
23. 23.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 6 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
26. 26.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) study for the test (c) play first (d) make the poster
27. 27.📅 Your class magazine is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) breaking work into steps
30. 30.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) keeping spare days (d) doing only easy bits
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
40. 40.📅 Your art display is due in 14 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?

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