Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 977 · 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 of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) no spare time
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) starting early
3. 3.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) break it into steps (d) do it all at once
5. 5.✂️ Your team must make 12 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
6. 6.✂️ Your team must make 25 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
7. 7.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) hard part first (d) forgetting the due date
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 10 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
9. 9.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
10. 10.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) make the poster (c) study for the test (d) play first
12. 12.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) guessing how long (d) starting on the last day
15. 15.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting early
16. 16.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) breaking work into steps
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) doing only easy bits
19. 19.True or false: “listing tasks first” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
23. 23.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a date for one step
24. 24.📅 Your history chart is due in 8 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) no spare time (d) setting mini-deadlines
27. 27.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
29. 29.✂️ Your team must make 10 name badges in 5 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
30. 30.📅 Your art display is due in 12 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
31. 31.📅 Your history chart is due in 12 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 8 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
33. 33.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) checking progress weekly
35. 35.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 7 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
36. 36.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) in the third week (c) this week (d) the night before
37. 37.✂️ Your team must make 20 name badges in 4 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
38. 38.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 7 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
39. 39.📅 Your eco-club poster 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?
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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