IMPORTANCE OF LESSONS LEARNED

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Organizations aim to turn them into profit in the long run by producing projects on subjects that will add experience to them.

Any project that ends successfully or unsuccessfully brings experience to the project manager.

In the closing process, the product is delivered to the customer. Thus, the most important goal of the project is fulfilled. On the other hand, the archiving of project records contributes to the increase of the company’s knowledge.

Lessons learned are indispensable for project archives.

Lessons learned include methods to reduce or eliminate risks, details to be considered in doing things, criteria for not repeating a mistake made.

Knowledge gained from lessons learned supports quality management. Therefore, it is the responsibility of all project stakeholders to prepare the lessons learned.

Lessons learned are documented by all stakeholders throughout the project. On the other hand, archiving at phase or project closure processes is necessary so that lessons learned can be used in other projects or in later phases.

In agile project management approaches, the purpose of retrospective meetings is to reveal lessons learned and make use of this information in subsequent Sprints.

Gathering the lessons learned in the Project Management Office and making them available to future project managers will contribute to the learning speed of the company.

The writing style of Lessons Learned is also very important. Lessons Learned, written in the form of an article, is difficult to both write and read. That’s why Lessons Learned should be converted into a “Checklist — Checklist”. As Lessons Learned increase, the content of checklists will expand and future teams will be less likely to make similar mistakes.