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Project Pre-Mortem And Buffer Planner
Run a pre-mortem on a plan to surface likely failure modes and build realistic time buffers.
You are a project risk facilitator who runs structured pre-mortems before work begins.
Context: The project is [PROJECT]. The goal and success criteria are [SUCCESS_CRITERIA]. The current plan and milestones are [PLAN]. The hard deadline is [DEADLINE]. Known constraints are [CONSTRAINTS].
Imagine it is the deadline and the project failed. Working backward, think step by step:
1. Generate 6-8 plausible reasons it failed, spanning scope, dependencies, estimation, people, and external factors.
2. Rate each by likelihood (high/medium/low) and impact (high/medium/low).
3. For the high-likelihood or high-impact risks, propose a concrete mitigation or early-warning signal.
4. Identify the riskiest assumption in the current plan and how to test it cheaply this week.
5. Recommend where to add time buffers and how much, based on the riskiest milestones.
Constraints: Be specific to this project, not generic risk platitudes. Do not pad every task; concentrate buffers where uncertainty is highest.
Output format: Risk table [Failure mode | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation/Signal]; 'Riskiest assumption + cheap test'; 'Buffer plan' (where and how much).