Case Study #1 Multiple Functional Feature Product for Apple in 3 months

You moved in as an Apple program manager. The delivery is in three months from now, and the whole world is informed of three features which are going to be introduced.

The features are:

1. Flip Cover
2. Gesture Response
3. Feature to Sync between Apple and Android device

Each of these features has one issue or the other. For the flip cover, the vendor now says due to the COVID-19 lockdown; they cannot deliver the requested hardware in time. For the other two issues, the problem is yet to be ascertained. How do you handle this situation as a TPM?

Sample Answer

As a Program Manager, the risk mitigation strategy is different for each feature, as one feature (Flip Cover) is ...