Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 338 · 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.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) setting mini-deadlines
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) guessing how long (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
5. 5.✂️ Your team must make 16 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) hard part first (d) using a simple timetable
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) no task list (d) keeping spare days
10. 10.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 5:25 PM
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 6:55 PM (c) 6:40 PM (d) 6:00 PM
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) keeping spare days (c) doing only easy bits (d) ignoring the timetable
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) no spare time
19. 19.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) study for the test (d) neither
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) one huge deadline
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) doing only easy bits
23. 23.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) checking progress weekly (d) guessing how long
25. 25.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:50 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 7:05 PM (d) 6:05 PM
29. 29.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 5:20 PM (d) 4:45 PM
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
34. 34.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 3:15 PM (d) 3:20 PM
35. 35.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 18 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 5:45 PM (d) 5:00 PM
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True

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