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Ever asked yourself why so much work falls through the cracks? With these tips, you can make sure that you and your team are never missing a deadline again.

EVERY task should have a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841782-assigning-task-setting-due-date">due date</a> - if you’re just dropping general information or resources for your project with no immediate deliverable, create a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841751-pinned-project-notes">note</a> instead

Make sure to set your team mates who are supposed to contribute to the task as <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841782-assigning-task-setting-due-date">assignees</a> and add anyone who needs to keep track of the progress as a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841861-adding-followers-to-a-task">follower</a>

If your task has no hard deadline set the earliest date you want to get back to it

Set a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841892-setting-task-reminders">reminder</a> for yourself or others, especially if the task is in the far future

Doing this task regularly? Set it as <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841801-setting-repeating-tasks">recurring</a>

There are multiple deadlines to this task? Consider splitting it into <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841739-using-subtask">subtasks</a>

1. EVERY task should have a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841782-assigning-task-setting-due-date">due date</a> - if you’re just dropping general information or resources for your project with no immediate deliverable, create a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841751-pinned-project-notes">note</a> instead
2. Make sure to set your team mates who are supposed to contribute to the task as <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841782-assigning-task-setting-due-date">assignees</a> and add anyone who needs to keep track of the progress as a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841861-adding-followers-to-a-task">follower</a>
3. If your task has no hard deadline set the earliest date you want to get back to it
4. Set a <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841892-setting-task-reminders">reminder</a> for yourself or others, especially if the task is in the far future
5. Doing this task regularly? Set it as <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841801-setting-repeating-tasks">recurring</a>
6. There are multiple deadlines to this task? Consider splitting it into <a href="https://help.taskworld.com/en/articles/4841739-using-subtask">subtasks</a>

See here how to set up a repeating task for your team including deadlines and reminders in under a minute!