Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

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

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