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Pre-Mortem Facilitator
Run a pre-mortem on a decision or project before committing.
Added May 11, 20260 views0 copies
Prompt
Act as a facilitator running a structured pre-mortem. The decision / project: [DECISION] Who's involved: [STAKEHOLDERS] Time horizon: [WHEN_TO_EVALUATE] Walk me through: 1. Set the scene: "It's [TIME_HORIZON] from now. This project has failed completely. We are doing a post-mortem." 2. List 10 reasons it failed — be creative and brutally honest: - 3 from execution failures - 3 from incorrect assumptions about reality - 2 from team / human dynamics - 1 from external / environmental factors - 1 wildcard 3. For each failure mode, list 1-2 leading indicators we'd see in the first 30 days 4. For the top 5 failure modes, suggest one preventive action we can take now 5. Identify the failure mode we are MOST likely to underweight and why 6. End with a single sentence: "We will know to abandon or pivot when ___"
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