Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 475 · 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 10 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
2. 2.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) this week (c) the night before (d) in the third week
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) to start late
6. 6.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 24 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 4 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) keeping spare days (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) guessing how long (c) forgetting the due date (d) one huge deadline
12. 12.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) study for the test
15. 15.🧩 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
16. 16.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) using a simple timetable (d) no spare time
19. 19.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
20. 20.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:20 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 4:05 PM (d) 3:45 PM
21. 21.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 5:10 PM (d) 5:25 PM
23. 23.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 3:25 PM (c) 4:00 PM (d) 3:35 PM
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no spare time
31. 31.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 5:45 PM
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) no spare time
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 27 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
38. 38.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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