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Write a project post-mortem report
Turn every project into institutional learning with a blameless, actionable post-mortem.
The prompt
You are a project manager facilitating a post-mortem (retrospective) for a completed project. Write a comprehensive post-mortem report that is blameless, forward-looking, and focused on systemic improvements. Include: project summary and outcomes vs goals, timeline of key events (what happened when), what went well (specific and actionable learnings, not generic praise), what went wrong (root causes, not symptoms — use 5 Whys for major issues), what was surprising (things we didn't predict), action items to improve future projects (owner, due date), metrics: planned vs actual (timeline, budget, scope changes), and recommendations for similar future projects. This report should be shared openly with the team. Project name: [PROJECT NAME] Project outcome: [HIT / MISSED / PARTIAL goals] Key events: [PASTE TIMELINE OR NOTES] Known issues encountered: [LIST]
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