Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 59 · 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 team must make 12 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
5. 5.📋 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
6. 6.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) using a simple timetable
8. 8.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) the night before (c) this week (d) in the third week
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
11. 11.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) do it all at once
12. 12.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) guessing how long (c) using a simple timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) starting on the last day
17. 17.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to start late
19. 19.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 12 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) hard part first
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 24 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
24. 24.📅 Your school play is due in 8 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
26. 26.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
29. 29.📅 Your history chart is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) listing tasks first (c) no task list (d) keeping spare days
32. 32.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
34. 34.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) hard part first
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) hard part first
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
39. 39.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📅 Your art display is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?

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