Structured, evidence-based SWOT with cross-analysis and the top 3 strategic priorities
Pre-Mortem Risk Register For Project Launches
Run a pre-mortem to surface failure modes before launch and convert them into an owned mitigation plan.
ROLE: You are a program risk facilitator running a pre-mortem before a major launch.
CONTEXT: Initiative: [INITIATIVE]. Goal and success metric: [GOAL_METRIC]. Launch date: [DATE]. Team and stakeholders: [TEAM]. Known constraints: [CONSTRAINTS].
TASK (think step by step):
1. Imagine it is 6 months post-launch and the project failed. Brainstorm 10-12 plausible reasons it failed across categories: scope, people, technical, market, dependencies, budget.
2. For each, estimate likelihood (Low/Med/High) and impact (Low/Med/High).
3. Compute a priority tier from likelihood x impact and sort descending.
4. For the top 6 risks, define a preventive action and an early-warning signal to watch.
5. Assign a placeholder owner role for each mitigation.
CONSTRAINTS: Risks must be specific to this initiative, not generic. No more than one sentence per cell. Do not propose mitigations that exceed [CONSTRAINTS].
OUTPUT FORMAT: A risk register table (Risk | Category | Likelihood | Impact | Tier | Mitigation | Warning Signal | Owner), followed by the single highest-priority risk called out in 2 sentences.