How to work around due dates decreasing importance

[CTenorman]

Hi,

I'm encountering a bit of a problem. At the moment, any task with a due date farther away than 2 days from now is decreased fairly dramatically in the urgency ranking. However, the fact that something is due in 5 days doesn't mean it's less important to me than something that's not due on any day at all - on the contrary, it's far more important to me, and should be ranked higher.

Now, I've noticed that setting the start date back roughly to equal the number of days from when a project is due will eliminate the "due date" effect, but at the expense of making the start date considerably less functional, and making tasks which have to be done in a very narrow window end up not rising to the top of the list (since they haven't been started for very long and current date - start date adds a lot to the urgency ranking). 

Does anyone know how to work around this difficulty so that things that are due aren't less important until a couple of days before they're due? Thanks!

[Leigh]

Have you tried adjusting the Importance value? You mention that the tasks are more important than some others so that may be something to look at. The due date affects urgency vs importance. Another option is to create a custom view and change the sort order of your list.

[CTenorman]

I've actually taken to a slightly modified review process and using stars to help order things up more in the moment, it's working out pretty well for now. However, a more permanent fix would be fantastic!