Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 818 · 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 21 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
2. 2.⏳ 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
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.✂️ Your team must make 42 posters in 6 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
5. 5.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
6. 6.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:20 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 3:40 PM
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 9 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
8. 8.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) checking progress weekly
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
11. 11.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 12 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 of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) setting mini-deadlines
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
15. 15.📅 Your art display is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
16. 16.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) doing only easy bits (c) checking progress weekly (d) listing tasks first
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) keeping spare days (d) checking progress weekly
21. 21.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 5 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) using a simple timetable (d) listing tasks first
25. 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) listing tasks first (d) no spare time
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) doing only easy bits
28. 28.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) play first (c) study for the test (d) neither
29. 29.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 3:50 PM (c) 4:25 PM
30. 30.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) break it into steps (d) wait for help
32. 32.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) keeping spare days (c) using a simple timetable (d) one huge deadline
36. 36.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) hard part first
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) ignoring the timetable (d) doing only easy bits

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