Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 647 · 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.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) starting early (d) setting mini-deadlines
3. 3.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) there is no need
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
8. 8.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 10 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 6 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
12. 12.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
15. 15.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
16. 16.📅 Your art display is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
17. 17.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) in the third week
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) checking progress weekly
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) forgetting the due date
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) listing tasks first
22. 22.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
25. 25.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) using a simple timetable (c) guessing how long (d) ignoring the timetable
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) ignoring the timetable (d) checking progress weekly
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) forgetting the due date
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 36 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) starting on the last day (d) ignoring the timetable
34. 34.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) one huge deadline (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
38. 38.📅 Your school play is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
40. 40.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?

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