Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 703 · 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.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:20 PM
2. 2.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 5:55 PM
3. 3.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
4. 4.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) this week (d) after it is due
5. 5.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) checking progress weekly (c) ignoring the timetable (d) breaking work into steps
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
11. 11.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) keeping spare days (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) guessing how long
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) guessing how long
15. 15.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) guessing how long
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) starting early (c) keeping spare days (d) using a simple timetable
19. 19.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) listing tasks first (d) doing only easy bits
24. 24.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:20 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 6:05 PM
28. 28.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) listing tasks first (d) keeping spare days
31. 31.✂️ Your team must make 45 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
32. 32.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) study for the test
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) guessing how long (c) no spare time (d) starting early
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.📅 Your school play is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
40. 40.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?

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