Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 657 · 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.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
2. 2.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
5. 5.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) no task list
7. 7.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) do it all at once (d) wait for help
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) guessing how long (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting on the last day
12. 12.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) forgetting the due date (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
15. 15.✂️ Your team must make 10 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
16. 16.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) checking progress weekly (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
18. 18.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📅 Your school play is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) this week
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) listing tasks first (d) starting on the last day
22. 22.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:55 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 3:30 PM
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
27. 27.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:20 PM (b) 6:55 PM (c) 6:40 PM (d) 6:05 PM
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 15 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
30. 30.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) make the poster (c) play first (d) study for the test
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 24 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
33. 33.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) one huge deadline (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
38. 38.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 3:55 PM (c) 4:35 PM (d) 4:50 PM
39. 39.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:45 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 6:30 PM
40. 40.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True

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