Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 459 · 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 3:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 4:15 PM (d) 4:10 PM
2. 2.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a late fine (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) forgetting the due date
4. 4.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 8 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) doing only easy bits
6. 6.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
10. 10.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 3:55 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 3:45 PM
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
15. 15.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) the night before
16. 16.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 4:40 PM (d) 5:25 PM
17. 17.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) do it all at once (d) wait for help
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) using a simple timetable (d) doing only easy bits
20. 20.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:50 PM (d) 5:35 PM
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) breaking work into steps
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) starting early
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) breaking work into steps
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
33. 33.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
35. 35.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) guessing how long (c) breaking work into steps (d) hard part first
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
39. 39.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper bags in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
40. 40.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True

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