Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 956 · 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.✂️ Your team must make 12 thank-you cards in 3 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) starting early (c) hard part first (d) setting mini-deadlines
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) forgetting the due date
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) doing only easy bits (c) one huge deadline (d) checking progress weekly
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) using a simple timetable
10. 10.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) no task list (d) starting early
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) setting mini-deadlines
12. 12.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting early
15. 15.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) wait for help
16. 16.True or false: “hard part first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) hard part first (c) no spare time (d) starting on the last day
18. 18.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
20. 20.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) using a simple timetable (c) guessing how long (d) no task list
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
24. 24.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) using a simple timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) ignoring the timetable
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
27. 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) listing tasks first (c) starting early (d) using a simple timetable
29. 29.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:25 PM (b) 6:00 PM (c) 6:40 PM (d) 5:40 PM
30. 30.✂️ Your team must make 36 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
31. 31.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) breaking work into steps
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) checking progress weekly (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
34. 34.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) study for the test (c) neither (d) play first
35. 35.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
36. 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) no task list
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 54 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
39. 39.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) no task list

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