Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 778 · 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: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) hard part first
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) starting early
6. 6.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 6:40 PM (c) 6:25 PM
10. 10.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) this week
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:20 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 5:55 PM
13. 13.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) keeping spare days (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting early
16. 16.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
17. 17.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 4:00 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 4:45 PM
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
19. 19.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) do it all at once (d) give up
21. 21.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) neither (c) make the poster (d) play first
23. 23.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) guessing how long (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no spare time
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) hard part first (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) using a simple timetable (c) hard part first (d) setting mini-deadlines
31. 31.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no spare time (c) checking progress weekly (d) ignoring the timetable
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 5:50 PM (c) 6:45 PM (d) 6:30 PM
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 18 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) checking progress weekly (d) no task list
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) using a simple timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) no task list
40. 40.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True

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