postmortem - Honest analysis of what went wrong after failures.
Conducts a blameless 5-Whys retrospective on failed launches or missed quarters to identify root causes and create an owned change register.
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Updated: 2026-09-20Capabilities
What this skill does
- Define the failure event precisely
- Conduct 5-Whys root cause analysis
- Distinguish contributing factors from root cause
- Identify ignored warning signs
- Separate controllable from uncontrollable factors
- Build an owned change register
- Set a verification check date
Inputs
- Failure event details
- Expected and actual outcomes
- Timeline of events
- Impact data
Outputs
- Structured post-mortem report
- Identified root cause
- Owned change register
- Verification date schedule
