Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 337 · 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) no task list (b) using a simple timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) ignoring the timetable
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) hard part first
3. 3.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 5:25 PM (d) 5:10 PM
4. 4.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) keeping spare days
6. 6.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
8. 8.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) give up
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 14 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
11. 11.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
15. 15.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 8 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long
21. 21.📅 Your class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 16 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to start late (d) to rest only
26. 26.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
30. 30.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
32. 32.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 7:00 PM (b) 6:10 PM (c) 6:45 PM (d) 6:05 PM
33. 33.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) no task list
35. 35.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
37. 37.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 6:00 PM
39. 39.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 4:10 PM (d) 4:45 PM
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first

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