Why I Run a Pre-Mortem Before Every Kickoff
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A pre-mortem is a forty-five-minute meeting, held before kickoff, where the team pretends the project has already failed and writes down why. I run one on every project now. It surfaces the risks that a normal planning session never hears, because "imagine it went wrong" gives people permission to…
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- 2026-09-05 09:00 · DEV Community — AI
Why I Run a Pre-Mortem Before Every Kickoff