Top Problems when Conducting Lessons Learned
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| Keep team focused on identifying LLs instead of just complaining about issues | 12 | ||||||
| Difficult getting people to identify top 3 problems |
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| Avoiding personal attacks, poor attitudes &/or taking comments personally |
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| Difficult to translate LL's into concrete actions to improve processes and projects (Best practices) | 7 | ||||||
3 | Facilitating the LL session without imparting PM biases |
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| No mechanism to share LLs more broadly than the project team, so LL's are not reusable, researchable or accessible to others | 16 | ||||||
| How to communicate LL info to stakeholders for the next project/incorporate LLs into future projects |
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5 | No follow-through on LLs | 3 | ||||||
6 | Distilling anonymous survey input & team discussion into a usable LL report | 1 | ||||||
7 | Different PM for the next project |
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8 | Finding time to do LLs (especially when the project is "finished") | 3 | ||||||
9 | How to pull info out of LL session participants, esp. those hesitant to bring up negative info/comments | 3 |