It's also a useful way of making people not feel like party-poopers. Typically, everyone's excited at the start of a project and people are reticent to share t

It's also a useful way of making people not feel like party-poopers. Typically, everyone's excited at the start of a project and people are reticent to share their fears (especially if there are bosses around). A pre-mortem gives them the mental freedom to share their fears as they are asked to imagine they are in a future where the project has turned out to be a disaster).