Give a short feedback appreciative and positive, specific rather than general on this post here: Claire is the author: I think the best thing that I can do inside our organization to retain speed and cost level is to provide consistent expectations to staff. Those working the frontline are the ones that will be sure to get the product to market at their pace, but it is up to management to reinforce that pace and ensure that staff are consistent. If the speed and cost becomes poorly managed, then employees are going to drift from the expectations and set their own. This will then result in a delay for the product getting to market. If I were leading a project around inventory where delays can occur, I would lay out the risks for each project through a risk management plan. I would assess the risk through a scenario analysis. With a scenario analysis, I would assess the probability and the impact of the risk event. I would then create a risk impact chart similarly to the one provided in our textbook in figure 7.5. This chart would assess the cost, scope, time, and quality of the risk with inventory delays