Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 407 · 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: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
3. 3.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) do it all at once
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) using a simple timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) checking progress weekly
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) ignoring the timetable
7. 7.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) starting early
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) no spare time
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
12. 12.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
13. 13.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:40 PM (b) 3:45 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 4:10 PM
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) no task list (d) no spare time
17. 17.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:50 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:25 PM
24. 24.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) ignoring the timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) forgetting the due date
26. 26.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) play first (c) study for the test (d) neither
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
33. 33.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.⏳ 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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) checking progress weekly (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) using a simple timetable
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 8 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
40. 40.📅 Your history chart is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?

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