Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 564 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) checking progress weekly (d) breaking work into steps
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
4. 4.📅 Your class magazine is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) checking progress weekly (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
6. 6.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:00 PM (b) 3:25 PM (c) 3:20 PM (d) 3:45 PM
7. 7.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) the night before (c) in the third week (d) after it is due
9. 9.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
11. 11.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 4:50 PM
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
13. 13.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
14. 14.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:30 PM
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) ignoring the timetable
16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 9 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) no task list (d) keeping spare days
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
26. 26.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) to rest only (d) for surprises
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) breaking work into steps
28. 28.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:25 PM (b) 5:10 PM (c) 4:50 PM (d) 4:35 PM
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) make the poster (c) play first (d) study for the test
31. 31.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 14 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
33. 33.✂️ Your team must make 15 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
34. 34.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting early
36. 36.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a late fine
37. 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) hard part first (d) forgetting the due date
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 6 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
39. 39.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?

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