pre-mortem-skill

What problem does it solve?

This skill helps teams surface concrete, narrative failure scenarios by assuming a plan has already failed and explaining why, turning optimistic plans into actionable risk insights.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Generate five or more failure stories across categories such as execution, dependencies, assumptions, scope, and timing to illuminate hidden risks.
• Rank failure stories by likelihood and impact to identify the top risks.
• Translate top risks into concrete guardrails and plan adjustments to improve resilience.
• Use during project approvals, architecture reviews, and rollout preparations to stress-test plans.

Quick Start

State the plan and its context, assume the plan has failed, generate failure stories, rank them, convert top risks into plan changes, and revise the plan accordingly.