pre-mortem
Guide prospective hindsight analysis to identify project risks before failure occurs. Teams imagine the project has failed spectacularly, then work backward to identify causes. Increases risk identification by 30% compared to traditional planning. Use when you say "run a pre-mortem on", "what could cause this to fail", "identify project risks", or "what could go wrong with". Do NOT use to stress-test a single decision's reasoning (use decision-critic).
- License
- MIT
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Files
- skills/pre-mortem/SKILL.md
- skills/pre-mortem/references/mental-models-galls-law.md
- skills/pre-mortem/references/strategy-ooda-loop.md
- skills/pre-mortem/scripts/pre-mortem.py
- skills/pre-mortem/templates/risk-inventory.md
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