Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 578 · 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: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) forgetting the due date (d) ignoring the timetable
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
5. 5.✂️ Your team must make 16 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) using a simple timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
8. 8.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 4:10 PM
10. 10.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) study for the test (c) neither (d) make the poster
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
13. 13.⏳ 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
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first
15. 15.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:15 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 6:30 PM (d) 5:50 PM
19. 19.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a late fine (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) one huge deadline (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
22. 22.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
23. 23.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) give up (c) break it into steps (d) wait for help
24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 24 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
25. 25.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) ignoring the timetable (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:25 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 5:10 PM (d) 4:30 PM
28. 28.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) the night before
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
32. 32.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) using a simple timetable
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 4 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
36. 36.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 4:35 PM (d) 5:20 PM
37. 37.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
38. 38.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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