Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 98 · 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 4:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:35 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 4:55 PM (d) 5:15 PM
2. 2.True or false: “listing tasks first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) this week
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
6. 6.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
9. 9.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) no task list (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) no task list (d) setting mini-deadlines
11. 11.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to start late (c) to rest only (d) for surprises
13. 13.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) starting early
14. 14.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) do it all at once (c) give up (d) wait for help
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
16. 16.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.✂️ Your team must make 14 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
18. 18.✂️ Your team must make 21 paper flowers in 3 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
19. 19.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
20. 20.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 15 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
21. 21.📅 Your school play is due in 9 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no task list (c) no spare time (d) listing tasks first
23. 23.⏰ You start at 5:45 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 7:10 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 6:55 PM
24. 24.⏰ You start at 4:15 PM. Homework takes 30 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:45 PM (b) 4:35 PM (c) 5:20 PM (d) 5:05 PM
25. 25.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) using a simple timetable (c) guessing how long (d) no task list
26. 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) listing tasks first (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
28. 28.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 6:20 PM (d) 5:30 PM
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) one huge deadline
32. 32.✂️ Your team must make 25 bookmarks in 5 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
33. 33.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
34. 34.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 45 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:15 PM (b) 4:00 PM (c) 3:30 PM (d) 4:30 PM
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) guessing how long (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
36. 36.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) no spare time (c) hard part first (d) doing only easy bits
37. 37.True or false: “starting on the last day” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:25 PM (b) 4:40 PM (c) 4:05 PM
39. 39.📅 Your science model is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning

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