Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 604 · 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 of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
2. 2.✂️ Your team must make 6 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) setting mini-deadlines
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
5. 5.✂️ Your team must make 36 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
7. 7.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
8. 8.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:20 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 3:30 PM (d) 4:05 PM
11. 11.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
12. 12.⏳ 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) doing only easy bits
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
15. 15.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
16. 16.📅 Your science model is due in 7 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) doing only easy bits
18. 18.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
20. 20.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 4:00 PM
21. 21.📋 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
22. 22.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) keeping spare days (c) starting early (d) no task list
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) using a simple timetable (d) ignoring the timetable
25. 25.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:20 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 4:45 PM
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) hard part first
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
32. 32.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:20 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 5:45 PM (d) 5:35 PM
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) in the third week
36. 36.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a date for one step (d) a holiday
37. 37.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 5:50 PM (d) 6:05 PM
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) starting on the last day
40. 40.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 5:45 PM (d) 5:50 PM

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