Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 53 · 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.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
2. 2.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) for surprises (c) there is no need (d) to start late
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 10 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
6. 6.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 3:45 PM (d) 4:35 PM
7. 7.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 6:10 PM
8. 8.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:50 PM (b) 7:05 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 6:20 PM
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) hard part first
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 28 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
20. 20.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 4:50 PM (d) 5:15 PM
21. 21.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 15 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) using a simple timetable (d) listing tasks first
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
24. 24.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
27. 27.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) after it is due
28. 28.📅 Your class magazine is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
29. 29.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
32. 32.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
33. 33.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 5:00 PM
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
37. 37.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:00 PM (b) 3:40 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 4:15 PM
39. 39.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines

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