An agreed extension is a deadline extension the parties consent to, which may or may not require court approval.

A case management conference is the early court proceeding at which the schedule and discovery plan are established.

A case management order structures the deadlines and procedures governing a case, and it controls over the default rules.

The discovery deadline is the date by which discovery must be completed, not merely served.

The dispositive motion deadline is the date by which summary judgment and similar case-ending motions must be filed.

A docket control order is the comprehensive scheduling order used in some jurisdictions setting all case deadlines.

The expert disclosure deadline is the date by which expert identities and reports must be served.

Pretrial deadlines govern the exchange and filing of witness lists, exhibit lists, designations, and motions in limine.

The trial date is the scheduled start of trial, which drives every preceding deadline and settlement dynamic.