Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 468 · 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 12 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
2. 2.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) doing only easy bits
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
5. 5.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) starting early (d) ignoring the timetable
7. 7.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:20 PM (b) 5:55 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 6:10 PM
9. 9.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) study for the test (c) neither (d) play first
10. 10.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) break it into steps
11. 11.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:35 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 4:55 PM
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) guessing how long (d) checking progress weekly
13. 13.📅 Your class magazine is due in 7 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) keeping spare days
15. 15.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) no task list
18. 18.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) guessing how long
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) keeping spare days (d) no task list
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
25. 25.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) keeping spare days (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting early
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
33. 33.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 3:55 PM
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) forgetting the due date
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) hard part first
36. 36.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

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