Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 554 · 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.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) there is no need
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) starting early
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) breaking work into steps
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) one huge deadline (d) keeping spare days
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) keeping spare days (c) no spare time (d) ignoring the timetable
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) no spare time
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
10. 10.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
12. 12.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) study for the test (c) make the poster (d) play first
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) one huge deadline
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) breaking work into steps (c) forgetting the due date (d) doing only easy bits
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) forgetting the due date
18. 18.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
21. 21.📅 Your school play is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no task list (c) guessing how long (d) forgetting the due date
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 27 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📅 Your class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.✂️ Your team must make 40 name badges in 5 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) keeping spare days (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
36. 36.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
37. 37.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) give up (d) do it all at once
38. 38.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 3:45 PM
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?

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