pixelheros/.claude/docs/templates/post-mortem.md

Post-Mortem: [Milestone/Project Name]

Document Status

• Date: [Date]
• Facilitator: producer
• Participants: [List of agents/people involved]
• Period Covered: [Start date] to [End date]

Summary

[2-3 sentence summary of what this milestone/project accomplished]

Goals vs Results

Goal	Target	Result	Status
[Goal 1]	[Metric]	[Actual]	[Met / Partially / Missed]

Timeline

Date	Event	Impact
[Date]	[What happened]	[How it affected the project]

What Went Well

[Category 1: e.g., Technical Execution]

What: [Description] Why it worked: [Root cause of success] How to repeat: [What to keep doing]

[Category 2: e.g., Team Coordination]

What: [Description] Why it worked: [Root cause] How to repeat: [Action]

What Went Poorly

[Category 1: e.g., Scope Management]

What: [Description] Root cause: [Why this happened] Impact: [Time/quality/morale cost] Prevention: [How to avoid next time]

[Category 2]

[Same structure]

Key Metrics

Metric	Target	Actual	Notes
Tasks completed	[N]	[N]
Bugs found	—	[N]
Bugs fixed	—	[N]
Estimation accuracy	100%	[N%]
Scope changes	0	[N]

Lessons Learned

1. [Lesson]: [Explanation and how it changes future work]
2. [Lesson]: [Explanation]

Action Items

#	Action	Owner	Deadline	Status
1	[Action]	[Who]	[When]	[Open/Done]

Acknowledgments

[Call out exceptional contributions]