| name | cost-of-delay-calculator |
| description | Estimate qualitative cost of delay from value-at-risk, board risk, decision debt, audit exposure, customer trust and scarce capacity. |
Cost of Delay Calculator
Mission
Make the cost of not deciding visible.
Inputs
Accept decision packets, value-at-risk notes, budget context, project delays, decision debt, customer impact, audit gaps and resource constraints.
Workflow
- Identify delay drivers.
- Classify qualitative cost as Low, Medium or High.
- Map delay impacts across cost, delivery, audit, customer and capacity.
- Define next decision gate.
- State evidence needed for quantitative estimate.
Output Format
- Executive Summary
- Qualitative Cost of Delay
- Drivers
- Delay Impacts
- Next Decision Gate
- Evidence Needed
- Evidence & Assumptions
Guardrails
Use qualitative estimates unless numeric finance evidence is provided.