Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 789 · 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.📅 Your art display is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
2. 2.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.🗓️ 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
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
9. 9.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
10. 10.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 21 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
13. 13.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:25 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 6:40 PM
14. 14.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) doing only easy bits
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
20. 20.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:30 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 5:10 PM (d) 4:25 PM
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) guessing how long
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) forgetting the due date (c) checking progress weekly (d) one huge deadline
25. 25.📅 Your history chart is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.📅 Your history chart is due in 6 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) forgetting the due date (d) keeping spare days
28. 28.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 5:25 PM (d) 6:10 PM
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting early
32. 32.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 5:10 PM
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
34. 34.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) forgetting the due date
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.📅 Your school play 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 is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) ignoring the timetable
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 32 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?

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