What is a Pre-mortem? ...and how do you run one?
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- In this video, I answer the questions, what is a Pre-mortem and how do you run one?
A Pre-mortem is a technique devised by Gary Klein, which he documents in his excellent book, The Power of Intuition: geni.us/2mYQYLK
It is a way to find failings in your plan. We have an intrinsic bias that sees our plan as fundamentally accurate. In truth, there may be a fundamental error in the assumptions on which they are based.
The pre-mortem exercise is a way to spot these big divergences and it works because we don’t start with the plan. We start with the outcome and, more than that, with the assumption that our plan fails, and the project is a fiasco.
The Pre-mortem Process
This can work equally well as a live, in-person, event or as an online meeting.
6 Steps
1. Preparation
2. Imagine a Fiasco
3. Generate Reasons for Failure
4. Consolidate the Lists
5. Review your Risk Register and Plan
6. End the session by determining next steps and allocating responsibilities.
Periodically revisit this process to keep your team alert for potential points of failure, and the plan as sharp as possible.
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⏱ Chapter Markers...
00:00 - What is a Pre-mortem?
00:13 - The Origin of the Pre-mortem Idea
00:58 - When to use the Pre-mortem
01:27 - What the Pre-mortem does
01:52 - Overcoming bias
02:27 - How the Pre-mortem works
02:57 - Using the Pre-mortem Process
03:16 - Pre-mortem Step 1
03:33 - Pre-mortem Step 2
04:12 - Pre-mortem Step 3
04:29 - Pre-mortem Step 4
04:50 - Pre-mortem Step 5
05:08 - Pre-mortem Step 6
05:18 - Rinse & Repeat!
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Gary Klein's Pre-Mortem exercise is a fantastic way to identify project risks. If you aren't using it yet, take a look at this 6-minute video! 💥
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Thank you for the information, extremely interesting. I have a question. Are you talking about the risks and problems related to technical decisions or all possible risks including ones of non-technical nature like changes in market situation or similar?
You're welcome.
All possible risks. Anything that can cause failure.
Excellent presentation! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Thanks fo the video. 😊 Take care.
Thank you too
Hello Mike, you are doing a great job as always! Could I ask you to post some videos about using Agile methodologies to manage changes in the Public Sector Organizations? Because information in this subject is too scarce. Would be great if you consider this kind request. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for your kind comment.
Frankly, if I understand what you mean by 'manage changes', agile may not be the right approach - although a hybrid that includes iterations or even continuous delivery may be.
So, to check, do you mean change in the sense of:
1. Organizational change (I suspect you do), or
2. Changes to specification or scope (in the sense of change control)?