Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 807 · 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.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
2. 2.✂️ Your team must make 4 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
3. 3.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🗓️ 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
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting early
7. 7.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:25 PM (b) 3:35 PM (c) 4:15 PM (d) 4:00 PM
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) ignoring the timetable
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) using a simple timetable
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) guessing how long (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
12. 12.📅 Your science model is due in 16 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) hard part first
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 5:45 PM
17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 15 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
18. 18.📅 Your science model is due in 15 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 8 paper bags in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
22. 22.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) neither
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
27. 27.✂️ Your team must make 48 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) forgetting the due date (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⏰ 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
34. 34.📅 Your class magazine is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a late fine (c) a date for one step (d) the final due date
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.📅 Your class magazine is due in 15 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
38. 38.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False

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