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Pre-mortem

Structured process for imagining failure scenarios and identifying risks before launch

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  • … So a pre-mortem is great, but only if you attach a pre-commitment with it. So I just want to be super clear about that.

  • … So understanding that when you've gotten to the pre-mortem process, you probably are going to launch it, like it's probably going to be the case.

  • Use the pre-mortem to set up kill criteria. So I'll give you an example from a sales team that I worked with.

  • … And it was around that time that I discovered the idea of a pre-mortem. I learned about it from an Harvard business review article written by Gary Cline.

  • Deb Liu00:27:29

    … Write out your pre-mortem for where your career is going to go and then work your way backwards. Sometimes it's just very easy you drift from, oh, I had this opportunity.