Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 599 · 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) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
2. 2.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) make the poster (c) study for the test (d) play first
3. 3.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
5. 5.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
6. 6.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 5:25 PM (d) 5:55 PM
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting on the last day (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 18 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
15. 15.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) forgetting the due date (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
21. 21.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) after it is due
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) listing tasks first
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) doing only easy bits (c) listing tasks first (d) using a simple timetable
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
27. 27.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) guessing how long
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 42 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
30. 30.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 7:00 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 6:45 PM
31. 31.⏳ 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
32. 32.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) forgetting the due date
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) forgetting the due date
36. 36.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
37. 37.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:25 PM (b) 6:55 PM (c) 6:40 PM (d) 6:00 PM
39. 39.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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