Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 66 · 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 science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
2. 2.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) to start late
3. 3.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:40 PM (b) 5:55 PM (c) 6:55 PM (d) 6:15 PM
4. 4.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
8. 8.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) ignoring the timetable
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) checking progress weekly (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) using a simple timetable
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) one huge deadline
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
18. 18.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) neither (c) play first (d) make the poster
19. 19.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
20. 20.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 4:40 PM
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.✂️ Your team must make 15 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
27. 27.📅 Your history chart is due in 8 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
28. 28.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 25 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
33. 33.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
34. 34.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) checking progress weekly
36. 36.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
38. 38.📅 Your class magazine is due in 13 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) starting early

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