Contingency Planning · Slippage · Component
The usual suspects
Where the delay reliably comes from — because it is the same few sources every time.
The deliverable
What it is
Slippage is not evenly distributed. It concentrates in a small number of recurring places: approvals, third parties, and one or two internal bottlenecks.
Naming them turns a general buffer into a targeted one and occasionally into a fix.
One level in
What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
Opinion locates delay in other departments. The record locates it accurately.