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Project Post-Mortem

Conduct effective project reviews with this Post-Mortem template. Analyze successes, failures, and key lessons learned to improve future projects.

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# Project Post-Mortem: [Project Name]
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD | **Project Lead:** [Name]

## 🌟 Project Overview
*Briefly describe the project goals and whether they were met.*

## ✅ What Went Well?
- Team communication was seamless via Slack.
- The new CI/CD pipeline saved 5 hours of manual work per week.

## ❌ What Went Wrong?
- Underestimated the time needed for third-party API integration.
- Scope creep in week 3 delayed the beta launch.

## 💡 Lessons Learned
- **Planning:** Allocate a 20% buffer for technical debt.
- **Process:** Require PRD sign-off before starting development.

## 📈 Key Metrics
- **Budget:** [On track / Over]
- **Deadline:** [Met / Missed]
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Project Post-Mortem: [Project Name]

Date: YYYY-MM-DD | Project Lead: [Name]

🌟 Project Overview

Briefly describe the project goals and whether they were met.

✅ What Went Well?

  • Team communication was seamless via Slack.
  • The new CI/CD pipeline saved 5 hours of manual work per week.

❌ What Went Wrong?

  • Underestimated the time needed for third-party API integration.
  • Scope creep in week 3 delayed the beta launch.

💡 Lessons Learned

  • Planning: Allocate a 20% buffer for technical debt.
  • Process: Require PRD sign-off before starting development.

📈 Key Metrics

  • Budget: [On track / Over]
  • Deadline: [Met / Missed]

About This Template

🎯 What Problem Does It Solve?

Repeating mistakes is costly. A Post-Mortem template solves this by structuring the reflection process after a project, ensuring that both successes and failures are analyzed to improve future execution.

✨ Key Features

  • Objective overview of project goals
  • Analysis of what went well and what didn't
  • Actionable lessons learned
  • Review of key metrics (Budget, Timeline)

💡 Pro Tips

  • !Conduct the session in a 'blameless' manner; focus on processes, not people.
  • !Schedule the post-mortem while the project is still fresh in everyone's mind.
  • !Ensure lessons learned are actually applied to the next project's planning phase.