Which of the following is NOT a CoD component?

• A. Cost to Deliver
• B. Business value
• C. Time criticality
• D. Risk reduction

Answer: (A)

In SAFe, Cost of Delay measures the economic impact of not delivering a feature now, and it is built from three components: the value the feature delivers to users or the business (business value), how urgent it is to deliver (time criticality), and how delivering now reduces risk or enables new opportunities (risk reduction/opportunity enablement). These components together represent the potential value lost each period of delay. Cost to Deliver, while important for understanding overall effort and scheduling, does not reflect the economic impact of delaying a feature. It affects the size or effort required to implement, not the delay’s value loss, so it does not belong in the Cost of Delay calculation. In WSJF prioritization, you compare this Cost of Delay to the job size, which is the scope or duration of work, not the delivery cost.