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Originally Posted by rogbar
Most typically, it's to keep track of when I've assigned a task to someone, or when I called or emailed or left a message for someone, or when I've sent away for something.
Part of my review process is to look at these dates and make judgement calls as to when I need to follow up. For some things it's 2 days, for others, it's 2 weeks, or whatever, so grouping isn't as useful to me as simply having the original date next to the item.
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Okay, we're definitely working in different styles. I would typically have an action to order the item, and a separate action for receiving it (usually with a waiting context of some sort), with a due date, tracking number or URL as a note, etc. I'll figure out the time at which I ought to follow up in advance so I don't waste time reconsidering whether it is time yet each time I do a review. This doesn't work perfectly in situations where I might want to track progress to see if the deadline will be hit.