Lessons learned report

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• Project or event

  For example: Customer portal, release 3

• Dates

  For example: 10 January to 16 April 2027

• Review led by

  For example: Lucia Romero

• Date of the review

  For example: 30 April 2027

• Who took part

  For example: Lucia Romero, Jin Park, Priya Nair, Henrik Larsen, Mei Chen

• What we set out to do

  For example: Launch the portal with online payments by 5 April, for EUR 90,000.

• What happened

  For example: Launched on 16 April, 11 days late, at EUR 96,500. Online payments work and 40 percent of clients use them in the first 2 weeks.

• What went well

  For example: Daily short meetings kept everyone informed The test team found problems early Clients joined the demos and gave useful feedback

• What did not go well

  For example: The payment test system was slow and unreliable Changes were agreed by chat and not written down Help texts were written too late

• Why it happened (root causes)

  For example: We did not test the bank connection before we planned the work. There was no clear way to approve changes.

• Lessons

  For example: Test every outside connection in the first month. All changes go through a written change request.

• Actions

  Each with an owner and a date.

  For example: Add a connection test to the project checklist: Lucia Romero, 14 May Write the change process: Priya Nair, 21 May

• Who will receive this report (optional)optional

  For example: All project managers, the management team

1. 11. What we set out to do
2. 22. What happened
3. 33. What went well
4. 44. What did not go well
5. 55. Why it happened
6. 66. Lessons
7. 77. Actions

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