Upcoming deadlines ranked by risk, judged from the work's actual movement, the owner's calendar load, and anything clients were told by email. A deadline with a packed owner and a promise behind it outranks a quiet one.
Everything here lives on a board with the Pulse above it: the line that reads the whole board and says what changed, what needs attention, and what to do next.
Edit the wording until it fits your business exactly. Two ways businesses bend this one: