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Ookseer — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:04:47 -0800

WordFilter: I'm looking for another word for "post mortem". Ideally something that has less death in it.

In the same vein of my dentist calling it "the gold instrument" rather than "the sharp tooth gouger" I find myself in the unlikely position of needing another term for "post mortem". The usage I'm interested in is the discussion a project after it has been completed, not an autopsy.

Due to sensitive nature of the people and the projects I need something with less mortem and more vita. Short and snappy would be great too since I'm tiring of saying "Post project discussion and evaluation."

By: hutta

hutta — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:09:31 -0800

I personally like post-mortem, but how about epilogue?

By: hutta

hutta — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:10:57 -0800

You could also use wrapup, but it's pretty bland.

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:17:34 -0800

Retrospective.

By: acoutu

acoutu — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:19:38 -0800

Post factum? Retrospective?

By: Iosephus

Iosephus — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:24:36 -0800

Summation? Appraisal?

By: booksandlibretti

booksandlibretti — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:28:17 -0800

The last place I worked called them debriefings. I don't know if your project entailed as much stress as that implies, but maybe the connotations aren't common knowledge -- nobody in the office mentioned it.

By: deCadmus

deCadmus — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:28:34 -0800

Ye olde AAR, or After Action Review.

By: BoscosMom

BoscosMom — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:31:38 -0800

Debriefing?

By: toxic

toxic — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:46:16 -0800

Afterparty.

By: krisjohn

krisjohn — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:46:31 -0800

nth Debriefing.

By: robcorr

robcorr — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:58:41 -0800

What's wrong with "review"?

Otherwise, I'd go with "debriefing", which in my experience is quite common.

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:04 -0800

Completion review?

By: kisch mokusch

kisch mokusch — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:09:58 -0800

Postproject? Postproject review?

By: eritain

eritain — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:16:56 -0800

Recapitulation. Review. Reflection. Rainbow Butterfly Peace and Love Caucus.

By: judith

judith — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:39:44 -0800

Clients of mine have used "project recap" and "lessons learned forum" as well as the more formal "post-project analysis".

By: dws

dws — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:52:48 -0800

We call them retrospectives, or "retros" if you want to be hip.

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:16:10 -0800

Follow up?

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:16:23 -0800

"Post-game," "analysis," or "post-game analysis."

You could go with something like "taking stock" or "inventory," though those sound awfully self-helpy. May or may not work, depending on the audience.

If you want to have some fun with it, how about "Siskel and Ebert time" or "Critics' Corner"?

I suppose "critique" would be too negative.

By: jeanmari

jeanmari — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:30:32 -0800

After Action Review, natch. Though I worked for a company which called them Sunset Reviews.

By: bassjump

bassjump — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:02:15 -0800

Seconding "recap." But then again, I'm always inclined to use words that double as musical terms.

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:07:49 -0800

Until I read the "more inside" I was thinking 'autopsy'. At least, here in the UK we call what you call autopsies 'post mortems' :)

By: rob511

rob511 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:05:58 -0800

You want pop cult? M.E. awards, or have a Quincy.
You want wordplay? Slice-and-dice.
You want legalese? Summation, or peroration.
You want Hollywood? Wrap party.
You serving caffeine? Coffee talk.
You want accurate? Finger-pointing.

By: true

true — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:29:43 -0800

I actually had one at a previous company called a post partum.

By: bonehead

bonehead — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:47:17 -0800

We call them debriefs. The suits call them post incident assessments.

By: bkeene12

bkeene12 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:49:41 -0800

Recently excused

By: adamrice

adamrice — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:18:51 -0800

The Japanese word for this is "hanseikai" (反省会), which means "reflection meeting."

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:34:44 -0800

Post Operation Overview.

"Everybody join me in the meeting room for a POO."

By: I, Credulous

I, Credulous — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:35:23 -0800

I hate post-mortem, too...too much like the project failed ("died").
Of the suggestions above, "appraisal" works best for me.

And bonehead: anyone who can use the phrase "post incident assessment" without an ironic smile or deadly embarrasment is a tool and should be sped along to their own post-mortem. <insert ironic smiley here>

By: browse

browse — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:03:58 -0800

Post-partum. The project didn't die; it was born.

By: chimaera

chimaera — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:30:34 -0800

Where I used to work, aside from "post-mortem," some people called them Wrapup Reviews or Closing Reviews. Occasionally with the word "Project" thrown in before either.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:52:05 -0800

We called them "Lessons Learned" in my last job.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:14:57 -0800

Closure session?

I hate post-mortem too. Especially because we only tend to hold them when something went wrong with a project.

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:39:04 -0800

It's an evaluation. Did we set out to achieve the right things? Did we do what we set out to achieve? Did we do it the right way? What did we learn that we can apply to other things we do?

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:40:51 -0800

Sorry - by that I meant it's just an evaluation. Why the 'post project discussion and...'? 'Evaluation' covers all of it.

By: laskagirl

laskagirl — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:29:58 -0800

Mop-up. Wrap-up. After action report. Military: hotwash. (I like that one.) Post-op. (Like that one, too.)

By: SenshiNeko

SenshiNeko — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:50:51 -0800

After Action Review.

By: rmless

rmless — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:02:31 -0800

project summary?