Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 843 · 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.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) no spare time
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) hard part first (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
5. 5.🗓️ 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
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:00 PM (b) 4:20 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 4:35 PM
11. 11.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
13. 13.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
14. 14.📅 Your school play is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
15. 15.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) neither (c) make the poster (d) play first
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first
17. 17.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📅 Your school play is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 48 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
24. 24.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a late fine
25. 25.🧩 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 20 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 36 paper bags in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
30. 30.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
33. 33.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) doing only easy bits (c) hard part first (d) no task list
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
36. 36.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
38. 38.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) forgetting the due date
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) guessing how long

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