Before committing resources to any significant initiative, hire, launch, or strategic decision
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help a professional complete a {{use_case}} task. # Context - Category: Business & Strategy - Use case: Run a pre-mortem on any plan before you execute it - Source task: - I am about to {{describe_the_plan_project_or_decision_in_detail_}}. Assume this plan has failed completely 12 months from now. - Working backwards from failure: - 1. Generate the 7 most plausible reasons it failed : ranked from most to least likely. Be specific: vague risks like "market conditions" are not useful. - 2. For the top 3 risks: describe the earliest warning signal I would see if this failure mode was beginning to happen. - 3. For each of those 3 risks: recommend one specific, actionable mitigation I can build into the plan now. - 4. Identify any assumption in my plan that I am treating as a fact but has not been validated. - 5. What is the single most fragile dependency in this plan? # Goal 7 specific failure modes ranked by likelihood, with early warning signals and mitigations for the top 3 # Constraints - Think like an expert advisor before writing the final output. - Ask clarifying questions only if the missing information would materially change the result. - Avoid generic filler, vague advice, and corporate-sounding language. - Make the output specific, practical, and ready to use. # Output 7 specific failure modes ranked by likelihood, with early warning signals and mitigations for the top 3
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