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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 687 · 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) this week (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting early (d) doing only easy bits
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
  4. 4.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) play first (c) neither (d) study for the test
  5. 5.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no spare time (c) ignoring the timetable (d) forgetting the due date
  9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) keeping spare days
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
  12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
  13. 13.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
  16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 12 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
  17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) guessing how long
  18. 18.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) checking progress weekly (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
  22. 22.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) give up
  24. 24.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
  25. 25.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a late fine
  26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  28. 28.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
  29. 29.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) one huge deadline (d) setting mini-deadlines
  33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) hard part first (c) using a simple timetable (d) guessing how long
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
  35. 35.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to start late
  36. 36.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  39. 39.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. this week
  2. starting early
  3. setting mini-deadlines
  4. study for the test
  5. True
  6. False
  7. poor planning
  8. using a simple timetable
  9. poor planning
  10. forgetting the due date
  11. one huge deadline
  12. no spare time
  13. True
  14. good planning
  15. breaking work into steps
  16. 2
  17. setting mini-deadlines
  18. True
  19. poor planning
  20. good planning
  21. no task list
  22. False
  23. break it into steps
  24. forgetting the due date
  25. a date for one step
  26. good planning
  27. poor planning
  28. 2
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. one huge deadline
  33. guessing how long
  34. starting on the last day
  35. for surprises
  36. False
  37. good planning
  38. poor planning
  39. True
  40. True

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