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Contents 1 Project Post Mortem 1.1 Facilitator: Scott Daniels 1.2 He worked at Timeshare, which had great post mortem process. 1.3 Learn more from failure or success? 1.4 What happens after the meeting?

Project Post Mortem

Facilitator: Scott Daniels

• oldest person you'll meet that learned young. (196?)

He worked at Timeshare, which had great post mortem process.

• get everyone involved in the room
• limit time strictly (about 1-2min per person)
• everyone talks
• first time around everyone says "what was the best thing"
• then central discussion
• next everyone says "what was the worst thing"

The rules get everyone talking. The most interesting ideas come from those that usually don't talk.

Learn more from failure or success?

• everything had successes and failures
• complete success or failure doesn't teach you as much as the mixed bag

What happens after the meeting?

• Over time knowledge accumulates within the group
• Sharing knowledge means more people know what's good and what's bad

and we did a post-mortem on the osbridge conference...