Pre-mortems vs. post-mortems

A gamestorming exercise brought to my attention by Kathy Louv while research Agile practices.
The post-mertem: Conduct an exercise where you pretend a project has failed so you can review risk elements BEFORE the start of project.
In our Agile for Life discipline, we might want to modify this practice slightly to suit our individual tasks.
I would contribute that review of risks should go alongside review of BEST practices for the subject area you’re working in. My observation for weight management, for example, is to know but not to emphasis foods I shouldn’t eat, for example. If I simply list the menu I SHOULD be eating, it tends to crowd out the bad actors.

Suggested usage of the Spark Board within Agile for Life

Specialize for a domain, e.g., blogging, nutrition/fitness, full-stack development.
Brainstorm good and bad practices in that domain, practices for project success and failure.
Sort.
Find the top five risk items, list them on your risk board.
Find the top five good behaviors, also list them.
On-going contribution, like an icebox but instead of tasks, list behaviors
These cards become the basis of a review meeting conducted before sprint kickoff to create your risk/better practices list.
Should be reviewed and pruned periodically.