Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 394 · 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.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
4. 4.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) make the poster (c) play first (d) study for the test
6. 6.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
7. 7.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:40 PM (b) 3:55 PM (c) 3:20 PM
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) setting mini-deadlines
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) guessing how long (d) listing tasks first
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first
11. 11.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 18 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
13. 13.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a late fine
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
15. 15.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) hard part first (c) keeping spare days (d) breaking work into steps
17. 17.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:25 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 3:50 PM
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
19. 19.🧩 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
20. 20.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 24 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
22. 22.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) this week
23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 12 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
25. 25.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) no spare time (d) keeping spare days
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) setting mini-deadlines
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) setting mini-deadlines
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 12 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
33. 33.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 15 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:35 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:05 PM (d) 4:50 PM
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) starting early (d) no task list
37. 37.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) no spare time (d) checking progress weekly
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
40. 40.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 5:45 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 6:00 PM

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