Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 618 · 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 8 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
2. 2.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) no spare time
4. 4.✂️ Your team must make 6 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
6. 6.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting on the last day (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
8. 8.📅 Your class magazine is due in 15 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) listing tasks first
10. 10.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
12. 12.📋 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
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no spare time
14. 14.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) checking progress weekly (c) no task list (d) guessing how long
16. 16.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) hard part first (d) checking progress weekly
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
21. 21.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) doing only easy bits
23. 23.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 5:50 PM
24. 24.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:30 PM (b) 6:55 PM (c) 6:10 PM (d) 7:10 PM
26. 26.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) doing only easy bits
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) ignoring the timetable
28. 28.📅 Your eco-club poster 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?
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 18 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
31. 31.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 4:00 PM
35. 35.🧩 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
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 28 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
38. 38.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 3:25 PM
39. 39.📅 Your school play is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) forgetting the due date

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