Post-Mortem
Definition
Post-Mortem: A post-mortem is a structured analysis conducted after an incident or project to understand what happened, why it happened, and how to prevent recurrence. Blameless post-mortems focus on systemic improvements rather than individual fault. The goal is organizational learning, not punishment.
Example Usage
“Our post-mortem for the 4-hour outage identified three contributing factors and resulted in five systemic improvements, including better monitoring.”
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