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Pre-Mortem

<aside> 📣 A pre-mortem is one of the most beneficial exercises in a Project Management arsenal. Similar in execution to a post-mortem, but conducted before launch.

The more accurately you can predict success and failures of you projects, before they occur. The better you can plan for them. Maximize wins, Minimize Losses.

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Objectives

Project Objectives

• List the OKRs tied to the successful launch of this project

Business Objectives

• List the overall Business Objectives which this project impacts
  • If none, reevaluate why this project is being conducted.

<aside> 🪓 Killing a project before it begins should be considered a huge success of a pre-mortem exercise.

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Pre-Mortem Exercise

Project Forecast

<aside> 🧑🏻 Impact Person = Who most directly impacts a win occurring or mitigating a loss

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🚀 How to use this template

🧠 A note on mindset

This exercise is not about predicting exactly how a project will turn out. If you can do that then send me next weeks lottery numbers 🙏

Rather imagine you’re at the pre-mortem stage of this project:

• The project has gone exceptionally well - What are some of the indicators
• The project has gone poorly - What may have happened
• Areas for improvement will be difficult to predict at this stage as they oft fall between wins and losses.