The researchers contend that a premortem is more effective than risk analysis: > Although many project teams engage in prelaunch risk > analysis, the prem

The researchers contend that a premortem is more effective than risk analysis: > Although many project teams engage in prelaunch risk > analysis, the premortem’s prospective hindsight approach > offers benefits that other methods don’t. Indeed, the > premortem doesn’t just help teams to identify potential > problems early on. It also reduces the kind of > damn-the-torpedoes attitude often assumed by people > who are overinvested in a project. Moreover, in > describing weaknesses that no one else has mentioned, > team members feel valued for their intelligence and > experience, and others learn from them. http://hbr.org/2007/09/performing-a-project-premortem/ar/1 http://hbr.org/2007/09/performing-a-project-premortem/ar/1