Using double deadlines

[Kimberly]

Is it correct to use seperate deadlines for subtasks where the summary task
is the deadline to the customer?

 

[Jim Aksel]

That would not be incorrect. What defines "correct" is the scheduling
policies in place for your program. So, you can place a deadling on a
summary task. The subordinate discrete tasks may have their own deadlines
but thatm might pollute a good view of the critical path.

Personally, I would have a milestone: Deliver to Customer and put a
deadliine on that rather than a summary.
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[Dave]

Is it correct to use seperate deadlines for subtasks where the summary task
is the deadline to the customer?

What do you mean by deadlines here? I would have a planned completion
date by which the deliverable should be completed and that is
effectively the deadline for the team. I would then have a declared
delivery date some time after that. The intervening period I would use
as contingency.