Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 75 · 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 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 5:05 PM (d) 4:20 PM
2. 2.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.📅 Your school play is due in 6 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
7. 7.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:35 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 5:50 PM
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
10. 10.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.📋 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
14. 14.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:40 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:55 PM
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) hard part first (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
16. 16.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 4:50 PM
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) doing only easy bits
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) listing tasks first
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 6 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) ignoring the timetable (c) guessing how long (d) starting on the last day
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) doing only easy bits
24. 24.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
29. 29.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:35 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 5:50 PM (d) 6:50 PM
30. 30.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
31. 31.✂️ Your team must make 8 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
32. 32.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:30 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:00 PM
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) doing only easy bits
34. 34.📅 Your art display is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 14 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
36. 36.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) keeping spare days (d) checking progress weekly
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting early
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list

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