The 'Pre-Mortem' Project Check

Act as a specialist consultant.

**Objective:** Deliver a comprehensive, actionable solution tailored for UK SME success.

Here is the improved prompt template, focusing on clarity, persuasiveness, and driving more insightful results while maintaining the exact structure and variables:

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**Business Prompt Template (Enhanced)**

We are about to launch **[Project Name | text]**.

**Imagine this:** Fast forward 6 months. The project has utterly collapsed and failed spectacularly, leading to significant setbacks for the organization.

Your task is to rigorously analyze this failure scenario by brainstorming **5 distinct, plausible root causes** for *why* this catastrophic failure occurred.

Your analysis must prioritize and deeply examine the following three core failure vectors:
1. **Neglected Stakeholders:** Failures stemming from poor communication, misalignment, or lack of buy-in from key internal/external groups.
2. **Critical Tech Failures:** Unforeseen or underestimated technical roadblocks, architectural flaws, or critical system breakdowns.
3. **Unforeseen External Market Shifts:** Disruptions caused by competitor moves, regulatory changes, or unforeseen economic/consumer behavior shifts.

Finally, for each of the 5 identified reasons, prescribe **one immediate, decisive, and actionable preventative measure** that we must implement *today* to inoculate the project against that specific risk.