This is the single biggest failing that I encounter in ClickUp. I need the ability to map out due dates and assignees for each step in the workflow. These are not subtasks because they do not go through the status workflow themselves. They are truly just a checklist item that needs to be marked when it's done. For example, in a very basic content workflow like "draft 1, draft 2, client review, revisions, publish", I need to be able to map out the due dates for each step in the process while keeping the primary due date on the task set to the final 'publish' date.

There was another thread, years ago, with the request. There was not progress that I know of :( It's a pretty simple thing: Make checklist, assign items to people, and then assign dates for each item. Just about every management platform can do thus ClickUp. I would trade all the AI, whiteboard, and other fancy features just to have this. (Right now we use subtasks instead, but it causes a lot of confusion, especially for new team members). Happy to drop in a video or answer a call if anyone at ClickUp would like a walkthrough as to why this is needed!

I'll give you a simple example. we use clickup to introduce the product to the market. the main task is the product. individual key tasks to achieve the goal are subject to subjugation. Unfortunately, to complete such a task, several actions are required by different people. for example, entering information and then checking the information. If we were to use only subtasks, there would be several hundred of them. checklists are necessary and it is necessary to assign dates to them, and they must be visible in the my work section and in notifications, because otherwise we cannot fully implement the product implementation project on the market.

please add these features, it's definitely not a complicated implementation.

We really need this! We're having to add a custom date field to track the 'next deadline' as a work around. It's not ideal!

Many users don't even know they need this function until later on as they advance with their understanding of using features and needs. So you may not get as many requests for any advanced user feature.

Yes! Agree. Checklist items need to have the ability to be assigned a due date!

Yes please! This would lead into less subtasks and therefore more checklist items and this would help for a better overview

And also add an additional toggle layer for checklist to have this additional due date option over the current default feature where it does not have it.

Found out someone dropeed this...

I actually don't see the need for this or welcome any further complexity to Checklists (conversely we'd like the ability at a site-wide level to disable assignees on Checklists to avoid confusion. This is what we did previously in Jira).

Solution:

Just turn on 'Nested Subtasks' in your ClickApps and expand the levels to suit your teams needs (we stopped at 3 as you also don't want things getting too nested and buried).

Our team's methodology revolves around:

In addition, Checklists never surface in Lists and Boards (only Tasks and Subtasks - when displayed as 'separate tasks') so we've never considered assigning these to multiple people as they would get missed in all planning views!

Will the overall checklist be able to have a due date, ie conplete all 10 items by x date. Or only the individual items on checklist? And dependencies between checklists?