Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 93 · 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) breaking work into steps (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) checking progress weekly (d) ignoring the timetable
3. 3.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) the night before (c) in the third week (d) this week
5. 5.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) neither (c) make the poster (d) study for the test
6. 6.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:00 PM (b) 4:45 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 5:30 PM
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
8. 8.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
9. 9.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no task list (c) breaking work into steps (d) listing tasks first
11. 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
12. 12.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) ignoring the timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
15. 15.✂️ Your team must make 16 posters in 2 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 15 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 27 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
18. 18.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
19. 19.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) starting early (c) one huge deadline (d) starting on the last day
21. 21.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) the final due date (d) a holiday
23. 23.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:20 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 5:50 PM (d) 5:30 PM
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
25. 25.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:25 PM (b) 6:10 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 5:55 PM
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) listing tasks first (c) keeping spare days (d) checking progress weekly
29. 29.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
30. 30.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:10 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 5:25 PM (d) 4:30 PM
31. 31.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 6 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) keeping spare days (c) starting early (d) hard part first
34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
35. 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no spare time (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
36. 36.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:35 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 5:55 PM
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) using a simple timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) breaking work into steps
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) checking progress weekly (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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