Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 452 · 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 4:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 4:55 PM
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 27 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
4. 4.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
6. 6.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) after it is due
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) keeping spare days
8. 8.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) give up
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
10. 10.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) starting early (d) ignoring the timetable
12. 12.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
15. 15.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 3:20 PM (c) 4:00 PM (d) 3:40 PM
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
17. 17.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📅 Your history chart is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
19. 19.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
21. 21.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to start late (d) to rest only
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.📅 Your history chart is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 6:05 PM (d) 5:20 PM
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 4:35 PM (d) 3:45 PM
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) breaking work into steps (c) keeping spare days (d) no task list
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) keeping spare days (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
32. 32.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting early (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
34. 34.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📅 Your science model is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
37. 37.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
38. 38.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) hard part first (c) keeping spare days (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 12 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?

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