pre-mortem

Conduct a pre-mortem risk analysis to anticipate how a product launch could fail and surface hidden threats early. You categorize identified risks into Tigers, Paper Tigers, and Elephants to distinguish real threats from overblown worries and unspoken concerns.

Prioritize launch-blocking threats by assigning urgency levels to each Tiger risk. You classify them as Launch-Blocking, Fast-Follow, or Track so your team focuses mitigation effort where it matters most for sprint pre-flight reviews.

Generate a risk mitigation action plan by producing concrete mitigation steps for each Launch-Blocking Tiger. The plan includes clear ownership and due dates to ensure accountability across your product launch preparation timeframes.

Yes, you can apply pre-mortem risk analysis to backlog threat surfacing. It categorizes unspoken concerns needing investigation into Elephants, helping you surface hidden backlog threats during product discovery and decision record risk reasoning.

In product risk analysis, Tigers are evidence-backed real threats, Paper Tigers are overblown worries, and Elephants are unspoken concerns needing investigation. This classification helps teams differentiate actual launch failures from distractions.

Run a pre-mortem analysis during product planning, sprint pre-flight reviews, or decision record risk reasoning before a launch. It helps surface backlog threats and turn them into concrete mitigation actions across launch preparation timeframes.