Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 667 · 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) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) for surprises
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 24 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) setting mini-deadlines
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
10. 10.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧩 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
12. 12.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:40 PM (b) 6:35 PM (c) 5:55 PM (d) 6:20 PM
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 28 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
21. 21.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) doing only easy bits (c) checking progress weekly (d) hard part first
23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) ignoring the timetable
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) one huge deadline
28. 28.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) study for the test (c) make the poster (d) play first
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting early (d) doing only easy bits
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) forgetting the due date
31. 31.✂️ Your team must make 8 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
32. 32.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) no spare time (d) checking progress weekly
34. 34.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
38. 38.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 16 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?

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