Postmortems & retrospectives

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A Postmortempostmortem or Retrospectiveretrospective is a reflection on past actions with an eye to what went well, what didn't, and the cause of any failures. These retrospectives may include meta-commentary such as lessons learned, data gathered, and whether (and how) similar projects should be run in the future. Sharing such accounts publicly is prosocial and allows others to learn from one's experience too.

The project writeup tagA Postmortem or Retrospective is used for retrospectivesa reflection on completed projects.past actions with an eye to what went well, what didn't, and the cause of any failures. These retrospectives may include meta-commentary such as lessons learned, data gathered, and whether (and how) similar projects should be run in the future. Sharing such accounts publicly is prosocial and allows others to learn from one's experience too.

The project writeup tag is used for retrospectives on completed projects, in which someone sharesprojects. These retrospectives may include meta-commentary on the project such as lessons learned, data gathered, and whether they would recommend(and how) similar projects should be run in the future.

In aThe project writeup, tag is used for retrospectives on completed projects, in which someone reviews ashares meta-commentary on the project they completed, sharing meta-commentary such as lessons learned, data gathered, and whether they would recommend similar projects be run in the future.

In a project writeup, someone reviews a project they completed, sharing meta-commentary such as lessons learned, data gathered, and whether they would recommend similar projects be run in the future.

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