Reviewing the details of why a product or project launch will fail BEFORE the product actually launches. This is distinct in nature from a post-mortem, which FOLLOWS a failed product or project launch.
The group of product managers congregated in the kitchen to conduct a pre-mortem of the soon-to-be released cell phone device.
An analysis or discussion of an event held before the incident occurred, especially in order to determine why it would be a failure.
A pre-mortem of your actions, will inspire you to plan ahead for the future.
When ones face looks like it has already gone through the mortem process.
That meth head has pre-post mortem face.