Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 582 · 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) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
4. 4.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 8 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) starting on the last day
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting early
7. 7.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) give up (d) do it all at once
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) keeping spare days
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
12. 12.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) study for the test
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) hard part first (c) checking progress weekly (d) using a simple timetable
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no spare time (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
18. 18.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
22. 22.📅 Your class magazine is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) guessing how long
32. 32.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) in the third week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 4:15 PM (d) 5:10 PM
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 18 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?

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