Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 420 · 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 team must make 20 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
2. 2.✂️ Your team must make 8 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) doing only easy bits
5. 5.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) the night before
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 14 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
8. 8.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) one huge deadline (c) using a simple timetable (d) keeping spare days
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) guessing how long
11. 11.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
13. 13.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⏳ 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
15. 15.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 7:00 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 6:45 PM (d) 6:10 PM
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) listing tasks first
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) hard part first (c) guessing how long (d) doing only easy bits
21. 21.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 3:25 PM
22. 22.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a date for one step (d) a holiday
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
26. 26.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 3:55 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 4:05 PM
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) ignoring the timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) listing tasks first
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) using a simple timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) listing tasks first
34. 34.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
36. 36.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 6 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early

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