Run a pre-mortem on a launch
Use before a big launch or bet to surface failure modes while you can still prevent them.
Facilitate a pre-mortem.
Initiative: {{initiative}}
Goal and timeline: {{goal}}
What we are assuming is true: {{assumptions}}
Resources committed: {{resources}}
Task: Imagine it is {{future_date}} and this failed badly. Write the failure story. Then: 1) list the top 10 plausible causes of failure ranked by likelihood times impact, 2) for the top 5, give an early warning signal we could watch and a concrete prevention or hedge, 3) name the one assumption that, if wrong, sinks everything.
Format: short failure narrative, then a ranked table-style list. Be specific to this initiative, not generic.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{initiative}}
- {{goal}}
- {{assumptions}}
- {{resources}}
- {{future_date}}
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