Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 756 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) forgetting the due date (c) no spare time (d) no task list
2. 2.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 9 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) checking progress weekly (c) guessing how long (d) no task list
5. 5.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
10. 10.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) there is no need (c) to rest only (d) to start late
11. 11.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) no task list
13. 13.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:55 PM (d) 4:30 PM
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) no task list
15. 15.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a late fine (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 6 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) using a simple timetable (c) ignoring the timetable (d) one huge deadline
22. 22.📋 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
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
24. 24.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
26. 26.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) this week
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting early (d) no spare time
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) one huge deadline
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
30. 30.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.🧩 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) doing only easy bits (d) setting mini-deadlines
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) one huge deadline (d) hard part first
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
40. 40.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:30 PM (b) 3:45 PM (c) 4:00 PM (d) 4:15 PM

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