Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 33 · 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) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
2. 2.📅 Your science model is due in 6 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) keeping spare days
6. 6.✂️ Your team must make 45 name badges in 5 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
10. 10.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
12. 12.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) using a simple timetable (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) forgetting the due date (c) keeping spare days (d) checking progress weekly
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) starting on the last day
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) one huge deadline
23. 23.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.🗓️ 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
26. 26.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) no spare time (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
33. 33.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
34. 34.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 13 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 6 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
37. 37.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 4:40 PM (d) 4:00 PM
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) using a simple timetable (d) ignoring the timetable
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early

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