Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 868 · 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.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 5:30 PM
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
3. 3.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) hard part first (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
5. 5.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) one huge deadline (d) using a simple timetable
7. 7.✂️ Your team must make 24 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
8. 8.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 4:20 PM (d) 4:50 PM
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
10. 10.📅 Your school play is due in 15 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
11. 11.📋 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
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) guessing how long
14. 14.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) one huge deadline
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
18. 18.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
20. 20.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 6 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) hard part first (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) checking progress weekly
27. 27.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) this week (d) after it is due
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) ignoring the timetable (c) using a simple timetable (d) guessing how long
30. 30.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 5:55 PM
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 36 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
33. 33.📅 Your art display is due in 14 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 45 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
36. 36.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
37. 37.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) to start late (d) for surprises
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) no spare time
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True

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