Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 819 · 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.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) break it into steps (c) wait for help (d) give up
2. 2.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) study for the test (c) make the poster (d) play first
3. 3.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 4:35 PM (d) 4:05 PM
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 4:25 PM
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
11. 11.✂️ Your team must make 18 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
12. 12.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) forgetting the due date
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) checking progress weekly
18. 18.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 32 paper bags in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) using a simple timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) doing only easy bits
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
23. 23.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🗓️ 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) no spare time (d) using a simple timetable
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) guessing how long (c) starting early (d) forgetting the due date
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) checking progress weekly (d) one huge deadline
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
32. 32.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 5:10 PM (d) 4:55 PM
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) forgetting the due date
34. 34.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 6:20 PM
35. 35.📅 Your science model 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?
36. 36.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) checking progress weekly (d) no spare time
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list

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