Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 320 · 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.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting early (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 14 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
5. 5.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 5:10 PM
7. 7.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) the night before
8. 8.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) wait for help
9. 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) checking progress weekly (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting early (d) one huge deadline
12. 12.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
15. 15.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 8 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) one huge deadline
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) guessing how long
19. 19.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:30 PM (b) 4:25 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 4:10 PM
21. 21.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) doing only easy bits (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) guessing how long
24. 24.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✂️ Your team must make 6 bookmarks in 3 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting early (d) hard part first
31. 31.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.📅 Your class magazine is due in 17 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) keeping spare days (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) forgetting the due date (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
35. 35.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 5:10 PM
36. 36.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) listing tasks first
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early

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