Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 709 · 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: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no spare time (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) hard part first
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
6. 6.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) study for the test (c) make the poster (d) neither
7. 7.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) no task list
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
11. 11.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 24 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) forgetting the due date
14. 14.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 6 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
18. 18.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:55 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 6:40 PM (d) 5:55 PM
19. 19.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:40 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 4:50 PM (d) 5:15 PM
20. 20.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) using a simple timetable
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
22. 22.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) doing only easy bits (d) keeping spare days
23. 23.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:10 PM
25. 25.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
29. 29.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧩 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
32. 32.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
34. 34.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
37. 37.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) keeping spare days
39. 39.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
40. 40.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

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