Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 537 · 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.📅 Your science model is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
2. 2.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 20 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
4. 4.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) make the poster (c) play first (d) neither
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.✂️ Your team must make 28 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 12 posters in 6 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) guessing how long
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) forgetting the due date
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
16. 16.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
18. 18.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
21. 21.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:30 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 3:55 PM
22. 22.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) doing only easy bits
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) breaking work into steps
25. 25.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.✂️ Your team must make 4 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
27. 27.✂️ Your team must make 36 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
31. 31.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
32. 32.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) break it into steps (d) do it all at once
33. 33.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) guessing how long (d) no spare time
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
37. 37.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) in the third week
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first

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