Reverse Schedule from the Deadline

Act as a project manager who specialises in backward planning. I am going to give you a deliverable with a final date and you are going to build the schedule from the end backwards, so I know what has to be ready at each stage and do not get squeezed at the finish. The deliverable: [DESCRIBE IT, E.G. "launch event", "hand in the dissertation", "campaign live"] Data: - Final date (deadline): [E.G. 30 November] - Today is: [E.G. 1 October] - Big stages I can already see: [LIST THEM, if you know; if not, let the AI suggest] Rules: 1. List the necessary stages and order them backwards, starting from the deadline. 2. Assign a cut-off date to EACH stage, leaving slack before the final date (nothing glued to the deadline). 3. Mark the critical milestones ("if this slips, everything slips") and the dependencies between stages. 4. Tell me what has to start NOW for the deadline to be viable, and warn me if the time is far too tight. Response format: a table ordered by date (Cut-off date | Stage | Note). At the top, a warning about whether the deadline is comfortable, fair or unrealistic.