Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 698 · 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: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) using a simple timetable (c) guessing how long (d) keeping spare days
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting early (d) setting mini-deadlines
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) doing only easy bits
6. 6.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) play first (c) study for the test (d) neither
7. 7.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) listing tasks first
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 30 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
10. 10.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
11. 11.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) no spare time
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
16. 16.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:25 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 5:10 PM
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) doing only easy bits
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 6 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
19. 19.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) give up (d) break it into steps
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) keeping spare days
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.⏳ 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
24. 24.📅 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?
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
26. 26.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) doing only easy bits (d) setting mini-deadlines
27. 27.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting early
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) hard part first (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
33. 33.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📅 Your school play is due in 13 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 5:50 PM
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 18 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps

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