Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 866 · 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) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) starting early
2. 2.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
4. 4.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) neither (d) make the poster
6. 6.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 6:25 PM (d) 5:30 PM
7. 7.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) the night before (d) in the third week
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 32 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting early (c) listing tasks first (d) guessing how long
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
12. 12.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
14. 14.✂️ Your team must make 42 thank-you cards in 6 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) no spare time
16. 16.📅 Your art display is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
17. 17.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
18. 18.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a late fine
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) one huge deadline
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:40 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 6:30 PM
22. 22.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) setting mini-deadlines
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting early (c) no spare time (d) starting on the last day
24. 24.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:55 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 6:10 PM
25. 25.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) no task list (c) guessing how long (d) doing only easy bits
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) setting mini-deadlines
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) no spare time (d) keeping spare days
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting early (d) using a simple timetable
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
35. 35.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) wait for help (c) do it all at once (d) give up
37. 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) forgetting the due date
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 36 paper flowers in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
39. 39.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 14 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?

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