Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 538 · 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 history chart is due in 8 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
2. 2.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 6 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
4. 4.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
6. 6.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) this week
8. 8.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) keeping spare days (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) listing tasks first (c) forgetting the due date (d) using a simple timetable
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
15. 15.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
17. 17.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) keeping spare days
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) breaking work into steps
20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 14 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) checking progress weekly
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no spare time
24. 24.📅 Your eco-club poster 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?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) using a simple timetable (d) no spare time
26. 26.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) to rest only (d) for surprises
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) hard part first (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
28. 28.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) ignoring the timetable (d) hard part first
33. 33.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 4:50 PM (d) 4:35 PM
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) hard part first
35. 35.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) forgetting the due date (c) doing only easy bits (d) setting mini-deadlines
38. 38.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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