postmortem - Honest analysis of what went wrong
Conduct a blameless 5-Whys retrospective and build a change register after failures.
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Updated: 2026-09-19Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Define the failed event precisely
- Run 5-Whys root cause analysis
- Distinguish contributing factors from root cause
- Identify missed warning signs
- Build an owned change register
- Set a verification date
Inputs
- Failed event description
- Expected versus actual outcomes
Outputs
- Post-mortem analysis report
- Owned change register