Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 684 · 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.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 5:05 PM (d) 4:15 PM
3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) forgetting the due date
4. 4.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 5:20 PM (d) 5:15 PM
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
6. 6.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 4 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
8. 8.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) ignoring the timetable
10. 10.🗓️ 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) forgetting the due date (d) one huge deadline
12. 12.📅 Your school play is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) keeping spare days (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) ignoring the timetable
17. 17.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 6:15 PM
18. 18.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 8 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
23. 23.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) wait for help (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
24. 24.📅 Your art display is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) keeping spare days (d) using a simple timetable
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting early
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) guessing how long
29. 29.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
37. 37.📅 Your art display is due in 14 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) keeping spare days
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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