Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 992 · 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.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) make the poster (c) play first (d) neither
2. 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
3. 3.📅 Your class magazine is due in 10 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
4. 4.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 20 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:40 PM (b) 5:35 PM (c) 6:15 PM (d) 6:00 PM
5. 5.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) there is no need
6. 6.📅 Your science model 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?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) no spare time
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 36 paper flowers in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
9. 9.True or false: “ignoring the timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.✂️ Your team must make 16 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
12. 12.True or false: “setting mini-deadlines” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) listing tasks first (c) starting early (d) hard part first
14. 14.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) give up (d) do it all at once
15. 15.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.✂️ Your team must make 24 paper bags in 4 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
17. 17.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
18. 18.📅 Your science model is due in 6 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) doing only easy bits (c) keeping spare days (d) no task list
20. 20.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) in the third week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
21. 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
22. 22.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) forgetting the due date
23. 23.📅 Your class magazine is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
24. 24.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
26. 26.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a date for one step (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
27. 27.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.📅 Your art display is due in 10 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
31. 31.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
32. 32.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 15 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
33. 33.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 25 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 5:25 PM (c) 6:05 PM
34. 34.Which of these is good project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) one huge deadline (c) ignoring the timetable (d) forgetting the due date
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) forgetting the due date
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) guessing how long (d) using a simple timetable
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) breaking work into steps (c) listing tasks first (d) setting mini-deadlines
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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