Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 381 · 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.🗓️ 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
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) guessing how long (d) setting mini-deadlines
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) setting mini-deadlines
4. 4.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 20 name badges in 5 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:50 PM (d) 4:25 PM
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
11. 11.📅 Your history chart is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
12. 12.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:55 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 7:10 PM (d) 6:25 PM
13. 13.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 3:50 PM (d) 3:45 PM
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) keeping spare days (d) starting early
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) forgetting the due date (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) doing only easy bits
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.📅 Your class magazine is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
24. 24.🧩 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
25. 25.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a late fine
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 3:55 PM
29. 29.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 5:20 PM
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) using a simple timetable (d) doing only easy bits
31. 31.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📅 Your history chart is due in 14 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.📅 Your art display is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 21 bookmarks in 3 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date

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