Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 421 · 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: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting early (d) hard part first
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) checking progress weekly
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) ignoring the timetable
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) neither (d) make the poster
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting early (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) no task list
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) forgetting the due date
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) breaking work into steps (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first
20. 20.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
21. 21.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
25. 25.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
26. 26.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) guessing how long (d) starting early
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 36 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 9 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 5:55 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 4:55 PM
33. 33.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
38. 38.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) give up (d) break it into steps
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines

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