Mel BostHead Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Advisory Services Practice| BOT InternationalCave Creek, Az, United States
Lessons Learned are all around us in everyday life and they can lead to great improvements in the processes by which we live each day. Recently I heard an interview with Dr. Oz of TV fame who talked about getting a second opinion for a diagnosis by one's doctor. He said that many people are reluctant to get a second opinion for fear of offending the doctor and questioning his competence. But he went on to say that one of every three second opinions results in a new diagnosis different from the original opinion. If those second opinions were all fed back to the original doctors, think how they could use this new information in their future diagnoses. It would greatly improve the overall diagnosis Process.
Project Lessons Learned are much the same way. Feeding back lessons learned to improve key project processes can result in a benefit to everyone who derives VALUE from that project process. Saving Changes...
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Thomas SoamProject Manager| BDASeremban Ns, Ns, Malaysia
Hi Mel,
Good views.Yes, in any project feedbaks from team numbers and others were very important for future projects. Saving Changes...
Wai Mun KooPMO Director| Intergraph PP&MSingapore, Singapore
Good point Mel. Feeding back lessons learned is the first step to avoid future problems and to add value to everyone in the project. The more important next step, a step that mostly ignored or given very little attention, is to convert those lessons learned into action plans and act on them to prevent those problems from happening again. Saving Changes...
Sam MotesManager II Business Sys, Operational Excellence| BA Systems Inc.Ellenton, Fl, United States
The value is leading the examined life. If you don't learn from mistakes then you are destined to repeat them. Mistakes that are examined and learned from lead to growth. Mistakes that aren't learned from and repeated lead to personal and corporate failure. Saving Changes...
