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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 542 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
  4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
  5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  6. 6.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) study for the test
  7. 7.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) no spare time
  9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
  10. 10.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
  11. 11.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 6:00 PM (d) 6:15 PM
  13. 13.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) listing tasks first
  15. 15.📅 Your art display is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
  16. 16.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
  17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 54 posters in 6 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
  18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  21. 21.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  23. 23.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) the final due date
  24. 24.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
  25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  27. 27.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:25 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 6:10 PM (d) 5:45 PM
  30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  31. 31.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) no task list
  33. 33.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 5:55 PM (d) 6:10 PM
  35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) hard part first
  36. 36.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  38. 38.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. breaking work into steps
  4. no spare time
  5. poor planning
  6. study for the test
  7. False
  8. using a simple timetable
  9. 6
  10. 3
  11. False
  12. 6:00 PM
  13. True
  14. listing tasks first
  15. 4
  16. for surprises
  17. 9
  18. good planning
  19. poor planning
  20. good planning
  21. False
  22. good planning
  23. a date for one step
  24. 1
  25. good planning
  26. poor planning
  27. False
  28. False
  29. 6:10 PM
  30. good planning
  31. True
  32. breaking work into steps
  33. False
  34. 5:55 PM
  35. hard part first
  36. False
  37. poor planning
  38. True
  39. True
  40. break it into steps

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