Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 94 · 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: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⏰ You start at 3:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:55 PM (b) 4:30 PM (c) 4:45 PM (d) 4:05 PM
3. 3.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
4. 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) the final due date
5. 5.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) forgetting the due date
7. 7.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) play first
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) using a simple timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting early
11. 11.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 5:00 PM (d) 5:15 PM
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) hard part first (d) checking progress weekly
13. 13.✂️ Your team must make 32 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) setting mini-deadlines
16. 16.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) doing only easy bits
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no spare time (c) listing tasks first (d) keeping spare days
19. 19.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
20. 20.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting on the last day (c) checking progress weekly (d) one huge deadline
21. 21.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⏰ You start at 3:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:20 PM (b) 3:40 PM (c) 4:15 PM (d) 4:00 PM
23. 23.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
24. 24.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) forgetting the due date (c) guessing how long (d) listing tasks first
25. 25.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
26. 26.🗓️ 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting early (d) no task list
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) one huge deadline (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) checking progress weekly (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
30. 30.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) guessing how long (c) starting on the last day (d) breaking work into steps
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) guessing how long (d) checking progress weekly
35. 35.True or false: “no spare time” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:00 PM (b) 6:15 PM (c) 5:30 PM (d) 6:30 PM
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) checking progress weekly (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early

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