You are a project management responsible for the delivery of the newest smartphone for the US market. Your project includes hardware parts manufactured in China. Due to the coronavirus disruption, your supplier has been closed for 6 weeks and you have no confirmation on when your hardware can be completed and shipped to the assembly facility in the USA. Parts were scheduled to be deliveredy by May 1st in time for being in stores for the Memeorial Day sales.

1. How can you recover and ensure that your project is completed on time?

2. How can you mitigate this risk from re-occuring on another project in the future?