Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 999 · 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.True or false: “no task list” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting on the last day (d) no task list
3. 3.📅 Your science model is due in 12 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
4. 4.📅 Your history chart is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
5. 5.✂️ Your team must make 8 thank-you cards in 4 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
6. 6.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) no spare time (d) breaking work into steps
7. 7.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) the night before (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) in the third week
10. 10.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) do it all at once (b) wait for help (c) break it into steps (d) give up
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) no spare time (c) keeping spare days (d) no task list
12. 12.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) checking progress weekly (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) starting on the last day (d) doing only easy bits
14. 14.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) using a simple timetable (c) no task list (d) hard part first
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) one huge deadline (c) no spare time (d) ignoring the timetable
18. 18.⏰ You start at 3:45 PM. Homework takes 25 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:50 PM (b) 4:25 PM (c) 4:10 PM (d) 5:05 PM
19. 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) doing only easy bits (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) one huge deadline
21. 21.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
22. 22.✂️ Your team must make 10 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) hard part first (c) starting on the last day (d) no spare time
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) guessing how long (c) starting early (d) hard part first
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) using a simple timetable (c) starting early (d) no spare time
26. 26.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) forgetting the due date (d) checking progress weekly
27. 27.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
29. 29.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a date for one step (c) a holiday (d) the final due date
31. 31.⏰ You start at 4:30 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:05 PM (b) 5:40 PM (c) 5:55 PM
32. 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
33. 33.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) doing only easy bits
34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) breaking work into steps
35. 35.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) hard part first (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
38. 38.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
39. 39.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📅 Good or poor project planning: doing only easy bits? (a) poor planning (b) good planning

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