​​Project retrospective: Add feature name
​​​👩🏻‍💻​ Project lead/manager: @someone
​​​đź‘Ą​ Project members: Role: @someone, Role: @someone
​​​đź—’​ Related specs: Type plus (+) to link a Paper doc
​​​đź’¬​ Discussion in Team communication app: ​đź”—​Link to channel

​​Goal

​​This document aims to help writing a project launch post mortem and start a discussion with all project team members. Everyone should share their own experience with everyone.

​​Start a new thread to start a discussion

​​The project leader tags/addresses everyone who took part in the project with a new thread with the following structure:
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​​Thread Structure:
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​​Initial words like “Hi everyone”…
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​​Project timeline and what happened when:
​​C1902: (Research, design exploration)
  • ​​Reviewing research material
  • ​​Discussions and agreeing on problem statement
  • ​​Redesigned system messages
  • ​​Started design exploration spec
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​​C1903:(Finalising designs, feedback, copy)
  • ​​Finalise all designs and prototypes, ask for feedback from designers and developers
  • ​​Asked for copy feedback
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​​C1904-C1905: (Polishing design spec; Implementation)
  • ​​Mostly implementation
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​​C1906: (QA& Release)
  • ​​Finishing implementation
  • ​​Polishing, reviewing, internal testing
  • ​​Release preparation: In-app education, blog post, HC article etc.
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​​Did we meet our primary goal?
  • ​​Did we ship the feature in its planned form or did we have to make sacrifices in the scope?
  • ​​Are we and our users satisfied with the result?
​​Write away!…
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​​Did we have enough resources?
  • ​​Were there enough people on the team to fulfil our goal?
​​Write it down…
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​​What went well and what can we take away?
  • ​​Was the internal feedback timely, have feedback loops been short?
  • ​​How was the work between all team members from developers, designers, marketing, support?
  • ​​Was there enough communication or delays?
  • ​​Anything that stood out and made the project itself and the launch a success? 
​​Write away, give people props!…
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