Instead of doing more "post-mortems" after projects fail, try doing "pre-mortems" before projects begin. Imagine it's 6 months from now, and the project we're

Instead of doing more "post-mortems" after projects fail, try doing "pre-mortems" before projects begin. Imagine it's 6 months from now, and the project we're about to begin is half complete and twice over budget. What factors will the post-mortem identify as causes for the failure? Learn the lessons before the project begins, not after it fails.