A long long time ago, I participated in a post-mortem meeting, lately I'm not using this tool.
What are the benefits that you found conducting a post mortem meeting? Does it impact your upcoming projects as regular "lessons learned"? Saving Changes...
I used it one time, it is a double edge tool, it can open a lot of issues you do not need to discuss it by the end of the project with the client. If the client is mature and positive go for it.
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Jul 23, 2018 11:11 AM
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@Kevin, thank you for your comments. Did you always conduct with the client? or also with the team internally?
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RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
In my view Post-Mortem meeting to be held mandatorily. off course it may open pandora box depending on project, but with an open minded approach with out blaming any party, lots of learnings can be brought out.
I agree with Vincent we always do it after finishing the project so that we avoid same mistakes or be more prepared for next project. It is useful. Saving Changes...
Mayta, it can be just a summary of previous lessons learned and retrospective meeting outcomes. Really these things should be identified before a post-mortem and not discover new things, but invariably as Kevin said, it's a double-edged sword.
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Jul 23, 2018 11:14 AM
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@Sante, have you ever felt that was a "therapy group" instead of a constructive meeting?
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Wouldn't a post-mortem be an event to review the LL over the course of the project at project closure?
I would suspect if properly captured and stored, could then be searched and leveraged for future similar initiatives.
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Jul 23, 2018 11:19 AM
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@Andrew, you nailed "properly captured and stored". Where you stored it? Sharepoint?
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S RajasekarSenior Project Manager| AllscriptsBangalore, Karnataka, India
Ideally yes but I have seen same issues/items are keep getting discussed in every post-mortems, core problems never get addressed, like it or not that is the reality. This is not the case with one company or project most place this is the case. People don’t like truth want to be diplomatic and beat around the bush.
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Jul 23, 2018 11:22 AM
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@S Rajasekar, thank you for your comments. Yes, this kind of meetings are challenging to coordinate / lead sometimes I find hard to avoid fingers pointers.
I've always hated the term "postmortem" as it implies that someone/something is dead (the project? the team's motivation?).
If something went horribly wrong on a project, then understanding how it occurred to be able to reduce the likelihood of a repeat occurrence is a good practice.
The challenging balance is you want to do it soon enough afterwards so memories don't fade, but not so soon that people are still shell-shocked or unable to put things into perspective.
It also takes a very skilled facilitator to get participants to move from focusing on finger pointing to focusing on the root causes.
Kiron
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Jul 23, 2018 11:27 AM
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@Kiron, thank you for your comments.
Yes, I don't really like the term..something like Lessons Learnt wrap up, or something more positive keeps the team engaged.
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Robert GermanInnovation Consultant| Better By DesignChicago, Il, United States
Asking the opposite question is interesting: why wouldn't these be useful?
Agree with Kiron - the term postmortem may not be the best term to use. Perhaps "retrospective" is better.
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Jul 23, 2018 11:28 AM
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@Robert Thank you, not sure if retrospective is a good proposal. I think that is used for another goal...
