The 2-day training was a huge success. Now it is time for the team to meet for a postmortem review. Your input is highly appreciated and will ensure that this review provides the feedback you require for future decisions
In general a postmortem review compares a project’s results to its planned objectives and provides valuable insight for planning future projects. Each member of the team is involved in this evaluation. Their compatibility with each other, as well as the team as a whole, will be examined to assist in future team selection. The proposed MOV will be evaluated to see how the value of future projects might be defined more clearly. Analyzing changes in scope, schedule, budget and quality over the lifespan of the project will allow for more accurate estimates in every project, which members of this team work on. Looking at the reports generated and the feedback received from them will allow for improvements in the reporting process. Attendance is a key factor for the success of this review and we need to conduct the meeting as soon as possible to maximize attendance. I am sure you and other managers are eager to reassign the excellent members of this team; however, once the team members are working on other projects they will be less likely to have time to devote to this meeting (Marchewka, 2012).
For this project, this review will be looking at the actual knowledge retention from the training session and comparing this to our original predictions and goals. We will be generating a projection of the impact on participant productivity, which will be an invaluable tool in deciding whether or not to endorse future training efforts. The project did meet with 2 unexpected complications and we will discuss how such risks might be handled in future projects. This will also be the last time for the team to generate any feedback you require, and we will be