Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 42 · 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) after it is due (b) the night before (c) this week (d) in the third week
2. 2.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 4:50 PM
3. 3.📅 Your art display is due in 8 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) listing tasks first (d) starting on the last day
5. 5.📅 Your art display is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 15 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) keeping spare days (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
11. 11.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 21 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
13. 13.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) checking progress weekly (d) ignoring the timetable
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 12 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
23. 23.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
24. 24.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
31. 31.📅 Your class magazine is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) no spare time
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 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) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) keeping spare days (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps

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