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Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 852 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
  2. 2.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 36 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
  4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) checking progress weekly (d) forgetting the due date
  7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  9. 9.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  11. 11.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
  15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) ignoring the timetable
  17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
  18. 18.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 15 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
  21. 21.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
  23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) forgetting the due date (c) doing only easy bits (d) setting mini-deadlines
  24. 24.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) wait for help (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
  25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  26. 26.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
  27. 27.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
  28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting on the last day (d) no spare time
  29. 29.📋 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
  30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 30 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
  31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) starting on the last day
  33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
  34. 34.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) checking progress weekly
  36. 36.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a late fine
  37. 37.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
  40. 40.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. one huge deadline
  2. False
  3. 6
  4. good planning
  5. good planning
  6. checking progress weekly
  7. poor planning
  8. poor planning
  9. False
  10. poor planning
  11. True
  12. True
  13. 3
  14. hard part first
  15. doing only easy bits
  16. listing tasks first
  17. starting on the last day
  18. True
  19. poor planning
  20. 5
  21. False
  22. no spare time
  23. setting mini-deadlines
  24. break it into steps
  25. good planning
  26. for surprises
  27. 1
  28. breaking work into steps
  29. study for the test
  30. 5
  31. good planning
  32. starting on the last day
  33. poor planning
  34. False
  35. ignoring the timetable
  36. a date for one step
  37. False
  38. True
  39. starting early
  40. False

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