Pre-Mortem

• Minimize risk
• Study found that when one images something has already happened it improves the chance of correctly finding reasons for future outcomes by 30 percent. That’s what a premortem does.
• There is the danger, of course, that the premortem identifies threats or weaknesses that are not real.

Worksheet

Instructions: Contemplate each question and write down your answers in as much length as the question demands. Write thoroughly. Be honest, accurate and concrete.

1. Select ONCE significant project or endeavor your're undertaking for this pre-mortem. This could be:

• A business project
• Your life purpose
• Your entire career
• Weight loss goal or diet change
• School/college gaol
• Relationship/marriage goal
• resolutions for the new year
• New hobby
• Enlightenment

2. Imagine your project/endeavor has failed spactacularly! Take a few mintutes to visualize the failure and possible causes of failure.
3. List all the causes of failure, including major and minor ones.
4. Don'T forget to include subtle psychological causes that might stems from you personal weaknesses. Make sure these are accounted for in your list of causes.
5. Refine the list of causes, making it more specirfic and realistic.
6. Rank the list from greates and most likely threat to least likely.
7. Brainstom 2-3 solutions for each cause of failure.
8. Which are the top 3 cause you must stay extra-vigilant against?
9. Are the solutions to the top 3 causes realistic and doable? If not, get more creative and come up with at least 1 realistic and doable solution per cause.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-mortem
• https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/premortem-on-projects