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MARITIME-SHIPPING4 MIN READ

Pre-Mortem Cards for a Risky Shipment

Recall premortem prompts that expose preventable shipment failure paths.

Team says: 'Do not worry, this shipment should be fine.' Optimism is blocking risk discovery. Your line Assume it is Friday and the shipment missed the delivery slot. What are the three most likely causes? Debating whether failure is likely instead of naming how it could happen. It makes risk naming safe because the failure is hypothetical. Objection Which question finds better risks? Compare Future-back wording produces more specific prevention actions. What should every premortem output include? A failure path, an owner, a prevention action, and a trigger time. A risk without owner or trigger is only a worry. Which…

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