Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 948 · 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.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 5:45 PM (c) 6:00 PM (d) 5:25 PM
2. 2.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a late fine
3. 3.📅 Your class magazine is due in 5 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
4. 4.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
5. 5.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) there is no need (c) to rest only (d) to start late
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: ignoring the timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
10. 10.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) play first (c) study for the test (d) neither
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
12. 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) checking progress weekly (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
13. 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
15. 15.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) give up
16. 16.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) checking progress weekly
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) breaking work into steps (c) no task list (d) no spare time
19. 19.✂️ Your team must make 35 paper bags in 5 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
20. 20.✂️ Your team must make 24 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📅 Your school play is due in 14 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) no spare time (c) listing tasks first (d) breaking work into steps
26. 26.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 15 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
27. 27.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📅 Your history chart is due in 10 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
30. 30.True or false: “keeping spare days” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📅 Your science model is due in 14 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) using a simple timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) no task list
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
34. 34.✂️ Your team must make 6 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
35. 35.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 6 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
38. 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) checking progress weekly (c) keeping spare days (d) guessing how long
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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