Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 476 · 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 4:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:25 PM (c) 4:50 PM
2. 2.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
4. 4.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 4:45 PM
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) forgetting the due date (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) hard part first
7. 7.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
10. 10.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
13. 13.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first
16. 16.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:10 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 5:40 PM
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) hard part first
18. 18.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.📋 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
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
27. 27.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) this week
28. 28.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 3:20 PM (c) 4:10 PM (d) 3:55 PM
29. 29.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 54 paper bags in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
31. 31.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 35 name badges in 5 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long
36. 36.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) doing only easy bits
39. 39.✂️ Your team must make 28 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
40. 40.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True

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