Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 847 · 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: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
3. 3.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) hard part first (d) starting on the last day
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) one huge deadline (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
6. 6.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) study for the test (d) play first
7. 7.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) forgetting the due date (c) no spare time (d) no task list
9. 9.✂️ Your team must make 16 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
10. 10.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
11. 11.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no spare time (c) keeping spare days (d) setting mini-deadlines
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) forgetting the due date
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) in the third week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:40 PM (b) 5:20 PM (c) 5:55 PM
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting on the last day
20. 20.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
23. 23.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.📅 Your art display is due in 13 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 6:50 PM (c) 7:05 PM (d) 6:30 PM
27. 27.✂️ Your team must make 30 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) checking progress weekly
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper bags in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.📅 Your science model is due in 9 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False

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