Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 648 · 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 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
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
7. 7.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 28 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
11. 11.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) forgetting the due date
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) doing only easy bits
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) checking progress weekly
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
18. 18.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) using a simple timetable
25. 25.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
26. 26.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) study for the test (d) neither
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) hard part first (d) no task list
30. 30.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) checking progress weekly (d) forgetting the due date
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) guessing how long
34. 34.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:55 PM (b) 6:10 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 6:40 PM
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
38. 38.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
39. 39.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 6:30 PM
40. 40.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:25 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 5:05 PM

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