Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 608 · 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 9 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
2. 2.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) one huge deadline (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
5. 5.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) forgetting the due date (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) listing tasks first
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
11. 11.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:00 PM (c) 4:35 PM (d) 4:50 PM
12. 12.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✂️ Your team must make 18 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) forgetting the due date
16. 16.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) wait for help
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) listing tasks first
18. 18.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
21. 21.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) neither (c) study for the test (d) make the poster
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) listing tasks first (c) hard part first (d) starting early
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
24. 24.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) forgetting the due date (d) doing only easy bits
26. 26.✂️ Your team must make 18 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
27. 27.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📅 Your school play 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?
29. 29.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) listing tasks first (d) ignoring the timetable
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) listing tasks first
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.📅 Your school play is due in 7 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) breaking work into steps
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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