Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 535 · 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) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
2. 2.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 4:25 PM (c) 4:15 PM (d) 4:55 PM
3. 3.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) hard part first (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
6. 6.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) the final due date
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 5:00 PM (c) 4:15 PM
9. 9.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) neither (c) play first (d) make the poster
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
11. 11.📅 Your class magazine is due in 8 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
13. 13.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✂️ Your team must make 4 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
15. 15.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
16. 16.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 5:20 PM
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) ignoring the timetable (c) using a simple timetable (d) one huge deadline
18. 18.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) give up (d) break it into steps
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
20. 20.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) guessing how long
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) no task list (d) checking progress weekly
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) keeping spare days (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) checking progress weekly (d) ignoring the timetable
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
29. 29.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 4:30 PM
31. 31.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) hard part first (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
34. 34.✂️ Your team must make 27 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
35. 35.📅 Your class magazine is due in 12 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) listing tasks first (d) guessing how long
40. 40.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

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