Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 5 · 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.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) break it into steps (c) give up (d) wait for help
2. 2.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) using a simple timetable (c) no spare time (d) doing only easy bits
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
6. 6.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
9. 9.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
11. 11.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 5:00 PM
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 25 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
14. 14.✂️ Your team must make 14 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
15. 15.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 6:30 PM (d) 6:15 PM
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
17. 17.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:25 PM (b) 6:10 PM (c) 6:25 PM (d) 5:45 PM
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting early
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
26. 26.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
27. 27.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) study for the test (d) play first
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
29. 29.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) forgetting the due date
32. 32.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) this week
33. 33.✂️ Your team must make 54 paper bags in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
34. 34.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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