Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 833 · 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.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) guessing how long
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) checking progress weekly
3. 3.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 6:25 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 5:45 PM
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.📅 Your science model is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
6. 6.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a date for one step (d) a holiday
7. 7.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
8. 8.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) there is no need
9. 9.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
12. 12.✂️ Your team must make 8 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) keeping spare days (d) no task list
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
15. 15.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) play first (c) study for the test (d) make the poster
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) one huge deadline (c) ignoring the timetable (d) forgetting the due date
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
19. 19.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.✂️ Your team must make 36 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list
28. 28.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📅 Your school play is due in 16 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
32. 32.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:10 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 5:00 PM (d) 4:45 PM
33. 33.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:15 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 6:00 PM
34. 34.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) the night before
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 12 posters in 6 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 4 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
37. 37.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) checking progress weekly (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines

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