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What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
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What’s the Worst That Could Happen?

The premortem approach helps project teams mitigate risk by imagining worst-case scenarios

Publication:
Quality Progress
Date:
January 2025
Issue:
Volume 58 Issue 1
Pages:
pp. 14-21
Author(s):
Ramu, Govind

Abstract

Many organizations use a postmortem to understand why a failure occurred and prevent it from recurring. But what if there was a way to prevent the problem from happening in the first place? The premortem approach has teams imagine the worst-case scenario for a project to help identify risks at the outset. Follow the premortem toolkit to help you proactively identify and mitigate project risks.

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