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Episode Summary

What is a PostMortem
Retrospective.
Importance of Post Mortems
Projects don’t always go great
Projects can always go better!
Post mortems provide a forum to air grievances, celebrate victories, and plan for smoother projects moving forward
Provides opportunity to squash beefs and prevent grudges
Tips for a Successful Post Mortem
Create a good environment!
Coffee, donuts, whatever
Involve all persons involved in the project (within reason)
Discluding people can lead to animous
Start with the negative first
...but try to limit it in time and come out with conclusions
Allows the meeting to end with positives
People will leave the PM happy!
For any negatives, try to come out with a concrete changes for next time
Make it Blameless
Beer helps
Don’t boil the ocean
If your team doesn’t do it already, formalizing it can help get it started
Training wheels