Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 572 · 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 class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
2. 2.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:25 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 4:45 PM
3. 3.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) ignoring the timetable (d) checking progress weekly
7. 7.📅 Your class magazine is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) forgetting the due date
9. 9.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) no spare time
12. 12.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:20 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 6:40 PM (d) 6:55 PM
13. 13.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:25 PM
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) breaking work into steps
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
19. 19.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:35 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 5:40 PM
21. 21.📋 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
22. 22.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
23. 23.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
24. 24.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) break it into steps (c) give up (d) wait for help
26. 26.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) the night before (d) after it is due
27. 27.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
30. 30.📅 Your class magazine 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?
31. 31.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) doing only easy bits
34. 34.📅 Your science model is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 6 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
36. 36.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 5:20 PM

Free leadership lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/leadership-skills-for-students