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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 693 · 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.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) forgetting the due date (c) keeping spare days (d) checking progress weekly
  2. 2.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
  8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:25 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 4:05 PM
  9. 9.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:00 PM (c) 4:15 PM (d) 3:25 PM
  10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
  11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  12. 12.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  14. 14.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
  15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  16. 16.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:50 PM (b) 3:20 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 3:15 PM
  17. 17.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
  18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) hard part first (c) checking progress weekly (d) breaking work into steps
  20. 20.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) this week
  21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 20 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
  23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 32 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
  24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
  25. 25.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) do it all at once (d) give up
  27. 27.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.⏳ 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) one huge deadline (c) forgetting the due date (d) checking progress weekly
  30. 30.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
  32. 32.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) setting mini-deadlines
  33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  34. 34.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 30 paper flowers in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
  37. 37.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
  38. 38.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.✂️ Your team must make 21 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
  40. 40.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. forgetting the due date
  2. True
  3. True
  4. True
  5. True
  6. False
  7. keeping spare days
  8. 4:05 PM
  9. 4:00 PM
  10. checking progress weekly
  11. good planning
  12. True
  13. good planning
  14. 2
  15. poor planning
  16. 3:35 PM
  17. study for the test
  18. poor planning
  19. no task list
  20. this week
  21. good planning
  22. 5
  23. 8
  24. 9
  25. False
  26. break it into steps
  27. True
  28. for surprises
  29. checking progress weekly
  30. False
  31. doing only easy bits
  32. guessing how long
  33. good planning
  34. False
  35. False
  36. 6
  37. a date for one step
  38. True
  39. 7
  40. True

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