Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 443 · 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.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 3:55 PM (d) 4:45 PM
2. 2.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a late fine
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) forgetting the due date
6. 6.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 54 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
9. 9.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) starting on the last day
12. 12.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) give up (d) do it all at once
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
17. 17.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) this week
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) no spare time
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
21. 21.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 20 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
25. 25.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) hard part first
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) keeping spare days
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
31. 31.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📅 Your science model is due in 7 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
34. 34.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:25 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 6:55 PM (d) 7:10 PM
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 20 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
37. 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) forgetting the due date (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no task list
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) forgetting the due date
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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