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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 597 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) forgetting the due date
  2. 2.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) using a simple timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
  4. 4.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) to rest only (d) for surprises
  5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  6. 6.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting early (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) hard part first
  9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 6 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
  11. 11.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) study for the test (c) play first (d) make the poster
  12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  13. 13.✂️ Your team must make 20 paper flowers in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
  14. 14.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) do it all at once (d) give up
  15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
  17. 17.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
  18. 18.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  20. 20.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 18 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
  22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) breaking work into steps (c) guessing how long (d) no spare time
  24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  25. 25.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 3:50 PM (d) 4:45 PM
  26. 26.📅 Your art display is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
  27. 27.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
  28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  29. 29.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) the night before (c) in the third week (d) this week
  30. 30.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  33. 33.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
  34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
  35. 35.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) breaking work into steps
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) forgetting the due date
  38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
  39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  40. 40.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:50 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 3:55 PM (d) 4:30 PM

Answer key

  1. forgetting the due date
  2. True
  3. no spare time
  4. for surprises
  5. good planning
  6. True
  7. good planning
  8. one huge deadline
  9. 3
  10. no spare time
  11. study for the test
  12. good planning
  13. 4
  14. break it into steps
  15. poor planning
  16. setting mini-deadlines
  17. a date for one step
  18. False
  19. good planning
  20. False
  21. 9
  22. good planning
  23. breaking work into steps
  24. poor planning
  25. 4:30 PM
  26. 5
  27. 9
  28. poor planning
  29. this week
  30. True
  31. True
  32. good planning
  33. 4
  34. doing only easy bits
  35. False
  36. starting on the last day
  37. keeping spare days
  38. 6
  39. good planning
  40. 4:30 PM

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