Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 61 · 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 poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) checking progress weekly (c) ignoring the timetable (d) keeping spare days
2. 2.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:20 PM (d) 4:45 PM
5. 5.🗓️ 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) forgetting the due date (d) one huge deadline
7. 7.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) using a simple timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) keeping spare days
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 30 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
11. 11.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) one huge deadline (d) no task list
17. 17.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) keeping spare days
21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 21 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) listing tasks first
24. 24.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) there is no need (c) to start late (d) for surprises
25. 25.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 3:55 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 3:50 PM
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 5:10 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 4:55 PM
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📅 Your history chart 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?
33. 33.📅 Your history chart is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a late fine (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) guessing how long (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
40. 40.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once

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