thinking-pre-mortem

Turns imagined failures of a plan into prioritized risks, concrete mitigations, and verifiable changes to the plan.

When to use it

Use before kickoff, a major commitment, or launch, especially when overconfidence or costly-to-reverse decisions leave risks unenforced.

Give it a plan to assess; it returns a failure scenario, prioritized risks, prevention requirements, mitigations, and concrete plan changes.