Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 87 · 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.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) breaking work into steps
3. 3.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 5:35 PM (d) 5:50 PM
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
5. 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) checking progress weekly (c) using a simple timetable (d) guessing how long
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) ignoring the timetable
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) one huge deadline (c) no spare time (d) forgetting the due date
8. 8.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a late fine (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
9. 9.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) ignoring the timetable (d) checking progress weekly
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no spare time (d) no task list
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
16. 16.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
18. 18.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) after it is due
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 4 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
20. 20.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) give up (d) break it into steps
24. 24.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:35 PM (b) 6:50 PM (c) 6:00 PM (d) 6:05 PM
26. 26.📅 Your maths exhibit 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?
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) no spare time
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 4:50 PM
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
38. 38.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) keeping spare days (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting on the last day
39. 39.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) play first
40. 40.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False

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