Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 89 · 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 3:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 4:05 PM (c) 5:05 PM (d) 4:50 PM
2. 2.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
3. 3.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) after it is due (c) this week (d) the night before
4. 4.📅 Your class magazine is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
5. 5.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
7. 7.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) keeping spare days (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
9. 9.📋 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
10. 10.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) hard part first
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting on the last day
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) no spare time (c) one huge deadline (d) no task list
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) no task list
21. 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) keeping spare days (c) listing tasks first (d) forgetting the due date
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
23. 23.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 6:30 PM
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) ignoring the timetable
25. 25.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) doing only easy bits (c) using a simple timetable (d) keeping spare days
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
28. 28.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 28 bookmarks in 4 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
31. 31.✂️ Your team must make 25 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
32. 32.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.✂️ Your team must make 12 bookmarks in 3 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
35. 35.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 32 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
37. 37.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) to rest only (d) for surprises
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
40. 40.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False

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