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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 659 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. this week
  2. False
  3. for surprises
  4. 5
  5. good planning
  6. starting early
  7. 5
  8. False
  9. True
  10. False
  11. 5
  12. poor planning
  13. False
  14. poor planning
  15. good planning
  16. 9
  17. breaking work into steps
  18. hard part first
  19. starting early
  20. 2
  21. False
  22. guessing how long
  23. no task list
  24. poor planning
  25. good planning
  26. 6:40 PM
  27. doing only easy bits
  28. good planning
  29. listing tasks first
  30. False
  31. 5
  32. poor planning
  33. keeping spare days
  34. keeping spare days
  35. True
  36. hard part first
  37. 3
  38. good planning
  39. 4:50 PM
  40. checking progress weekly

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