[Stakeholders] A stakeholder says cost matters most. Another says risk matters most. How do you move the conversation forward?

I would try to convert the argument into a decision framework. Cost and risk are both valid, but they matter differently depending on the category, the business consequence of failure, and how much uncertainty we are actually carrying. If we do not define that, the conversation stays at the level of opinions.

So I would ask what happens if the cheaper option underperforms,...