Premortem the Project Plan
Convert a project plan into an inversion-based premortem with owners.
The plan is green, but hidden dependencies have sunk similar projects. Invert the plan: imagine failure, locate controllable causes, assign safeguards. The trap is writing generic risks like “alignment” or “bandwidth” with no trigger or owner. Failure headline It is launch day and the project is two weeks late. A concrete future scene prevents vague risk language. Likely cause Legal review started after copy was final, creating rework. First principles: legal approval is a real dependency, not a courtesy. Safeguard Legal reviews draft claims by Tuesday; Product owns changes by Thursday. The safeguard has an owner and date. Second-order check…
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