[Prcmaker]

This is perfect timing. I've just been told to communicate a significant project delay to a customer. 'Next quarter' sounds a lot better than 'months, not weeks'. Thanks heaps.

[caf]

"slippage" possibly sounds better than "delay" also.

[opportune]

Due to unforeseen events impacting developer velocity, we experienced some slippage while burning down feature development on the critical path. Needless to say this will be reflected in our Sprint planning going forward and we’ve already added an Epic to track the remaining work needed to unblock the remaining tasks.

[KineticLensman]

"shifted to the right" was the preferred euphemism when I used to work

[Prcmaker]

In my work, that means a glue bond failed in fabrication. I like the direction you're going though. Thanks