Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 906 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) using a simple timetable
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) forgetting the due date (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) no task list (c) forgetting the due date (d) one huge deadline
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) doing only easy bits (d) listing tasks first
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
6. 6.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) the night before (d) this week
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 5:05 PM (c) 5:10 PM (d) 5:45 PM
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) ignoring the timetable (d) keeping spare days
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
16. 16.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) neither
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) do it all at once (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
20. 20.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) one huge deadline (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:55 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 5:40 PM (d) 5:25 PM
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) forgetting the due date (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
34. 34.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) guessing how long (c) one huge deadline (d) setting mini-deadlines
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 20 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first
37. 37.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 3:45 PM
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) checking progress weekly (c) guessing how long (d) no spare time
39. 39.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first

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