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Run a pre-mortem on a plan
Before a launch or project starts, when you want to find the likely ways it could fail while there's still time to prevent them.
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Run a pre-mortem on the plan below. Imagine it's [How far ahead] from now and the plan has failed.
1. List the 8–10 most likely reasons it failed. Mix causes within our control, such as the plan, the team and the execution, with causes outside it, such as customers, competitors and timing. Make each one specific to this plan, not a generic project risk.
2. Rate each by likelihood and impact: High, Medium or Low.
3. For the five rated highest, give an early warning sign to watch for and one thing to do now to make it less likely.
Show steps 2 and 3 as one table.
The plan:
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