Title :
Postmortem: never leave a project without it
Author :
Birk, Andreas ; Dingsoyr, Torgeir ; Stålhane, Tor
Abstract :
Postmortem analysis (PMA) is a practical method for initiating knowledge management by capturing experience and improvement suggestions from completed projects. It requires little effort and quickly provides initial results, making it suitable even for small- and medium-size projects and companies. The authors describe their experiences with applying PMA techniques for collecting and analyzing experience in software organizations
Keywords :
project management; software development management; completed projects; experience capture; improvement suggestions; knowledge management; postmortem analysis; small companies; small-sized projects; software organizations; Costs; Engineering management; Informatics; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Packaging; Project management; Satellites; Software quality; Telecommunications;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2002.1003452
