Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 803 · 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 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
2. 2.✂️ Your team must make 12 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
3. 3.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⏳ 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
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) using a simple timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 40 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:40 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 3:50 PM
9. 9.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 6:30 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 6:15 PM
10. 10.📅 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?
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
14. 14.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📅 Your history chart is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) breaking work into steps (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
17. 17.📅 Your class magazine is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.✂️ Your team must make 21 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
22. 22.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:20 PM (b) 5:45 PM (c) 6:05 PM (d) 5:50 PM
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
24. 24.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 5:25 PM (d) 6:20 PM
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
26. 26.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 4:10 PM (d) 3:50 PM
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) no spare time (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) setting mini-deadlines
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) using a simple timetable (d) hard part first
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
31. 31.📅 Your class magazine 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?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
34. 34.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a late fine (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.📋 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
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) hard part first (d) no task list
38. 38.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) doing only easy bits
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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