Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 573 · 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.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 3:40 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 3:50 PM
3. 3.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) using a simple timetable (c) ignoring the timetable (d) forgetting the due date
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting on the last day
6. 6.📋 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
7. 7.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) doing only easy bits
8. 8.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no spare time
13. 13.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) to start late
14. 14.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) wait for help
15. 15.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) doing only easy bits (d) no spare time
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 30 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) one huge deadline
21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 8 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) using a simple timetable (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
24. 24.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📅 Your school play is due in 8 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting early (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 42 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) hard part first
34. 34.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 4:05 PM
38. 38.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 4:10 PM (d) 4:00 PM
39. 39.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date

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