Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 917 · 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) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) hard part first
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) hard part first (c) doing only easy bits (d) no task list
3. 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) hard part first (d) guessing how long
4. 4.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) the night before (d) after it is due
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) keeping spare days (c) no spare time (d) hard part first
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) setting mini-deadlines
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
11. 11.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
12. 12.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) keeping spare days (d) forgetting the due date
15. 15.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) keeping spare days (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
17. 17.📅 Your school play is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
18. 18.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) no spare time
21. 21.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
23. 23.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper bags in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) using a simple timetable (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
27. 27.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
29. 29.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
30. 30.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.📅 Your school play is due in 10 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.✂️ Your team must make 32 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
36. 36.✂️ Your team must make 48 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
37. 37.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 8 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
39. 39.✂️ Your team must make 30 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
40. 40.✂️ Your team must make 42 bookmarks in 6 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?

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