Pre-Mortem Analysis

Imagine it's 3 months from now. The feature shipped, and it failed badly. What went wrong?

When to Use

Run /pre-mortem before:

• Implementing anything that touches production data
• Making architectural decisions that are hard to reverse
• When a solution "feels too easy" (you're probably missing something)
• After planning, but before coding
• Before deploying significant changes

The Pre-Mortem Process

Step 1: State the Plan