Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 974 · 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 project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) the night before (d) after it is due
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) forgetting the due date (d) breaking work into steps
3. 3.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) neither
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) starting on the last day
5. 5.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
6. 6.📅 Your school play is due in 12 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) checking progress weekly
8. 8.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a date for one step
9. 9.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) give up (c) wait for help (d) break it into steps
10. 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
11. 11.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) starting on the last day (c) hard part first (d) starting early
12. 12.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) doing only easy bits (d) no task list
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) one huge deadline
18. 18.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no task list (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) breaking work into steps
19. 19.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) listing tasks first (c) starting early (d) guessing how long
21. 21.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) doing only easy bits
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 42 name badges in 6 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) forgetting the due date (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
24. 24.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
25. 25.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
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) no task list (b) forgetting the due date (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
28. 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) listing tasks first
29. 29.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) for surprises (c) to start late (d) there is no need
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) one huge deadline (c) breaking work into steps (d) checking progress weekly
31. 31.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
34. 34.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏰ You start at 4:45 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:05 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 5:25 PM
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) listing tasks first (c) ignoring the timetable (d) guessing how long
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) keeping spare days
38. 38.✂️ Your team must make 12 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) no spare time
40. 40.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:15 PM (b) 4:15 PM (c) 4:30 PM (d) 5:00 PM

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