Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 919 · 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) no spare time (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) ignoring the timetable
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a holiday (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
5. 5.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) hard part first
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) hard part first (d) starting early
10. 10.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) the night before (c) after it is due (d) this week
11. 11.✂️ Your team must make 21 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) starting early (d) checking progress weekly
13. 13.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 5:10 PM (c) 5:35 PM
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) starting on the last day (c) starting early (d) setting mini-deadlines
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) guessing how long (d) starting on the last day
19. 19.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
20. 20.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
21. 21.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) to start late
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) using a simple timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
24. 24.📅 Your class magazine is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) one huge deadline (d) ignoring the timetable
26. 26.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) ignoring the timetable (d) hard part first
28. 28.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) breaking work into steps (c) no spare time (d) one huge deadline
31. 31.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) one huge deadline (c) doing only easy bits (d) hard part first
33. 33.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) do it all at once (d) wait for help
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) checking progress weekly (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) using a simple timetable (c) guessing how long (d) breaking work into steps
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) forgetting the due date
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) keeping spare days (c) listing tasks first (d) using a simple timetable
39. 39.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
40. 40.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 5:50 PM (d) 5:35 PM

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