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Pre-mortem analysis stress-tests a business proposal by assuming failure and working backward to identify root causes. You select a critique mode, apply structured questioning to the proposal, and receive a synthesized conclusion highlighting unsupported assumptions.

Challenging assumptions in an architecture decision review requires structured critical reasoning. You can apply red-team adversarial thinking, steelman the original position, build a rigorous antithesis, and synthesize findings into an evidence-based conclusion.

Devil's advocate reasoning applies directly to strategy proposals and decision reviews. The framework guides mode selection for Socratic questioning or dialectic synthesis to reveal gaps, biases, and unsupported assumptions in your plans.

Dialectic synthesis evaluates plans by restating your position in its strongest form, constructing a rigorous counter-argument, and merging both perspectives. This structured critique produces an actionable synthesis of conflicting viewpoints.

Steelmanning restates your position in its strongest form to ensure fair evaluation, while red-team adversarial thinking actively attacks the proposal to expose vulnerabilities. Both modes produce evidence for final dialectic synthesis.

An evidence audit of a business case requires you to provide the proposal details. The framework then applies disciplined critical reasoning to audit the supporting evidence, identify gaps, and deliver a synthesized conclusion on validity.