Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 616 · 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 6 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
4. 4.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) keeping spare days (c) listing tasks first (d) breaking work into steps
6. 6.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
7. 7.🧩 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
8. 8.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) this week (c) the night before (d) in the third week
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) keeping spare days
11. 11.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
15. 15.✂️ Your team must make 28 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
17. 17.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 6:10 PM (c) 6:45 PM (d) 7:00 PM
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first
22. 22.📅 Your class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) starting on the last day
24. 24.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 5:55 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 5:10 PM
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 4:40 PM
27. 27.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:45 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:00 PM
28. 28.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) guessing how long (d) no task list
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
31. 31.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 5:10 PM (c) 4:40 PM (d) 5:25 PM
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📅 Your art display is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 15 paper flowers in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
38. 38.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) using a simple timetable

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