Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

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

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