Prompt · Productivity

Project Retrospective

A structured retro that extracts real lessons from a finished project.

Fill in · 4 fields

namewhat happened, hit/missed, rough numbersstart to end dateswho was involved

Your prompt

Run a project retrospective with me.

PROJECT: [name]
OUTCOME: [what happened, hit/missed, rough numbers]
TIMELINE: [start to end dates]
TEAM: [who was involved]

Interview me with these questions, one at a time, waiting for my answers:
1. What was supposed to happen?
2. What actually happened? (facts only)
3. What went well that we should repeat?
4. What went badly, and what was the root cause, not just the symptom?
5. What would we do differently with 20/20 hindsight?

After I answer all five, produce the retro doc:
- 3 keep-doing items, 3 stop-doing items, 3 start-doing items
- The single most expensive mistake and its early warning sign for next time
- One process change to adopt on the next project, with who owns it

Keep it honest and blameless. Start with question 1 now.

Paste it into Muse or any assistant. Blank fields stay as [brackets].

More like this

Deep Work Contract

Task Estimate Calibrator

Meeting Decline Scripts

Digital Declutter Plan

Priority Matrix Sorter

Recurring Meeting Auditor