Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 575 · 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: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) checking progress weekly (c) starting early (d) doing only easy bits
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) hard part first (c) no spare time (d) no task list
5. 5.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 5:20 PM
6. 6.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) give up
8. 8.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) guessing how long
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) one huge deadline
11. 11.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) study for the test (c) neither (d) play first
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) using a simple timetable
13. 13.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
14. 14.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first
19. 19.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 10 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.📅 Your science model is due in 13 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
22. 22.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) hard part first (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) this week (d) after it is due
25. 25.✂️ Your team must make 32 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) guessing how long (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
29. 29.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) to start late
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
34. 34.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) using a simple timetable (c) guessing how long (d) checking progress weekly
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) using a simple timetable (d) doing only easy bits
38. 38.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?

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