post-mortem analysis
Definitions
A systematic review or analysis conducted after the conclusion of a project or event to determine what went well and what could be improved.
A medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death; an autopsy.
A retrospective evaluation of a failure or incident to identify its root causes and prevent recurrence.
Examples
The engineering team conducted a thorough post-mortem analysis to identify the root cause of the server outage.
After the project failed to meet its objectives, the manager scheduled a post-mortem analysis to discuss what went wrong.
Synonyms
after-action review retrospective analysis debriefing session lessons learned assessment hindsight evaluation
Antonyms
pre-mortem analysis proactive planning anticipatory assessment forecasting preliminary risk assessment