Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 791 · 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 team must make 30 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
3. 3.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) study for the test
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
9. 9.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) the night before
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) breaking work into steps
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) forgetting the due date
13. 13.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) no task list (d) keeping spare days
15. 15.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 3:40 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 4:30 PM
16. 16.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a date for one step (d) a holiday
17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 54 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) doing only easy bits (d) checking progress weekly
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) to start late
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) no spare time (c) using a simple timetable (d) keeping spare days
24. 24.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) give up
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
29. 29.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:45 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 5:00 PM (d) 5:30 PM
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) no task list
31. 31.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
33. 33.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) forgetting the due date
38. 38.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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