A premortem asks a team to explain an imagined project failure before execution. Use independent reflection to surface mechanisms, then convert them into tested controls and decision triggers. A compelling failure story identifies a possibility; it does not establish its probability or prove prevention.
- FamilyTool
- CategoryIntervention Methods & Practices
- DomainRisk, Crisis & Safety
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Tool
In this series, Tool names the editorial family primarily used to act on, examine, measure or organize communication. It includes instruments, methods, practices, protocols, codes and institutional arrangements. Membership does not certify effectiveness, portability or safe use in every setting.
Editorial orientation · Category
Intervention Methods & Practices
Organizes actions intended to facilitate, plan, train, negotiate, coordinate or change a situation. It connects a practical purpose with a way of working, whose conditions and consequences must be examined.