Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 39 · 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 spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
2. 2.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 4:55 PM
3. 3.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) checking progress weekly (d) one huge deadline
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) using a simple timetable
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) break it into steps (c) wait for help (d) give up
10. 10.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
11. 11.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) listing tasks first (c) doing only easy bits (d) one huge deadline
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) ignoring the timetable
16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 21 bookmarks in 3 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) ignoring the timetable
21. 21.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) this week (c) in the third week (d) the night before
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) breaking work into steps (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) breaking work into steps (c) no spare time (d) guessing how long
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) guessing how long (d) checking progress weekly
26. 26.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
28. 28.📅 Your history chart is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
29. 29.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting early (c) ignoring the timetable (d) one huge deadline
33. 33.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 7:05 PM (b) 6:50 PM (c) 6:30 PM (d) 6:05 PM
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 24 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
36. 36.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 12 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
39. 39.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits

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