Lessons Learned

As a project manager, you need to collect and review lessons learned from similar projects before staring work on a new project.  once the project is underway, you are required to add lessons learned to the company database.  Documenting lessons learned is a required project management practice.  lessons learned are both an input to and output of projects.  as an input, they help improve the current project.  as a output, they help make the organization better.  lessons learned are realized throughout the project and should be shared with the project team to improve the current project and with the organization as part of the Manage communications process.  They are finalized during closing.

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Lessons learned documents include what type of information?

The lessons learned document includes what was done right, what was done wrong? what else should we have done differently.  It also includes causes of the issues, reasons for change requests, etc.  you would also include, preventative-methods  re estimating methods, issues the project faced and reasoning behind it.  

It should include, three sections.

Technical aspects of the project: what was done right, wrong and how the work was completed.

Project management: how did we do with WBS creation, risk planning etc.

Management: How did I do with communications, and leadership as a project manager. 

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