Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 9 · 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.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) the night before (c) this week (d) in the third week
2. 2.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) starting early
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) listing tasks first (d) guessing how long
4. 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) hard part first (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) hard part first (c) using a simple timetable (d) doing only easy bits
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) using a simple timetable (d) no task list
11. 11.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
12. 12.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
13. 13.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:35 PM (b) 5:15 PM (c) 4:40 PM (d) 5:30 PM
14. 14.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 3:40 PM (c) 3:35 PM (d) 4:30 PM
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 8 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 48 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) one huge deadline (c) forgetting the due date (d) hard part first
20. 20.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) study for the test (d) play first
23. 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) breaking work into steps (d) keeping spare days
24. 24.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.✂️ Your team must make 20 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
28. 28.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) breaking work into steps
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
32. 32.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
34. 34.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📅 Your art display is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) guessing how long (c) starting early (d) using a simple timetable
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) guessing how long (d) forgetting the due date
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) ignoring the timetable (d) breaking work into steps

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