Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 859 · 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: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) keeping spare days
3. 3.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) hard part first (c) forgetting the due date (d) starting on the last day
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) ignoring the timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) doing only easy bits
8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:55 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 3:50 PM (d) 4:30 PM
9. 9.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) make the poster (c) play first (d) study for the test
10. 10.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
14. 14.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
15. 15.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📅 Your science model is due in 13 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) in the third week (c) after it is due (d) this week
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) breaking work into steps (c) ignoring the timetable (d) one huge deadline
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
22. 22.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:20 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 4:25 PM
23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 18 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
26. 26.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
28. 28.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:35 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 4:25 PM
29. 29.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) give up
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting on the last day (c) doing only easy bits (d) no task list
32. 32.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 5:20 PM (d) 4:35 PM
34. 34.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) doing only easy bits
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 8 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) no spare time
39. 39.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) breaking work into steps
40. 40.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:45 PM (b) 3:25 PM (c) 4:00 PM (d) 3:20 PM

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