Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 895 · 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: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.✂️ Your team must make 12 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) hard part first (d) guessing how long
5. 5.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) guessing how long (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
10. 10.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) study for the test (d) neither
11. 11.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) using a simple timetable
13. 13.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) wait for help
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) hard part first
16. 16.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no task list
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no spare time
23. 23.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 4:25 PM (c) 4:05 PM (d) 5:00 PM
24. 24.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:25 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 6:20 PM (d) 5:40 PM
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) no task list (c) one huge deadline (d) guessing how long
27. 27.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) forgetting the due date (c) keeping spare days (d) setting mini-deadlines
30. 30.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) starting early
32. 32.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✂️ Your team must make 16 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
34. 34.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:35 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 5:10 PM (d) 5:25 PM
38. 38.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) guessing how long
40. 40.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:05 PM (b) 4:55 PM (c) 4:40 PM

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