The Ethics of Documenting Lessons Learned
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by Paul Pelletier
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I contributed to this interesting article by Thomas Walenta, PMI Fellow. It is a very interesting perspective on why documenting lessons learned is not just good business practice but also an indicator of ethical behavior.
Do you agree with this perspective?
Posted on: September 20, 2015 02:09 PM |
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Yes. Every professional is responsible to document lessons learned to help the organozation to develope and improve the system.
I was unable to find the article via the Link.
Documenting Lessons Learned is a very important practice.
However, there needs to be a formalized review process or expectation as to how those lessons learned will be reviewed by all people fulfilling a Project Manager role on a project.
If the Lessons Learned are documented and forgotten about they aren't helping to improve future projects.
Manas De Amin
Director| Computer Technology Group Kolkata
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Yes, it is. It is part of professional responsibility to take part in the organisational development.
Thilo Wack
Head of Existing Product and Test Lab| optimed
Tholey-Hasborn, Germany
If it is really a sharing of lessons learned rather than just documenting it and then stowing it away where noone will ever find it again, then I think it is indeed a sign of an underlying ethical behavior. Such knowledge can be extremely helpful and therefore lots of people are tempted to keep it for themselves to strengthen their position. That is why organizations like the PMI with web sites like projectmanagement.com are so important as they are not only platforms to share lessons learned, but also distill from them best practices and publish them for the whole community.
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