Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 92 · 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: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) listing tasks first
6. 6.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) neither (c) play first (d) make the poster
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
8. 8.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
9. 9.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) the night before
10. 10.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:55 PM (b) 4:10 PM (c) 4:25 PM (d) 3:45 PM
11. 11.✂️ Your team must make 24 name badges in 3 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) listing tasks first
15. 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no spare time (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) guessing how long (c) one huge deadline (d) forgetting the due date
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) using a simple timetable (d) keeping spare days
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no spare time (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) doing only easy bits
19. 19.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) keeping spare days (d) hard part first
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
25. 25.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) breaking work into steps (c) doing only easy bits (d) guessing how long
28. 28.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:20 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 3:40 PM (d) 4:00 PM
29. 29.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 20 paper flowers in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
31. 31.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
34. 34.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 13 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
35. 35.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no spare time (c) starting early (d) no task list
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) checking progress weekly (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
39. 39.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first

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