Lessons Learned Report Prompt

You are a project manager compiling the lessons learned report at project close.

Project data: [DESCRIBE: Project type and scope, duration, contract value, final margin vs. estimate, key challenges encountered, things that went well, what would we do differently next time, any near-misses in safety or finance]

Build the lessons learned report:
1. What went well — specific practices, decisions, or team behaviors that contributed to project success
2. What we'd do differently — honest assessment of decisions or approaches that should change on the next similar project
3. Estimating lessons — was the original estimate accurate? What was missed or over-estimated?
4. Schedule lessons — did we manage the schedule effectively? What caused delays and what would have prevented them?
5. Client relationship lessons — what did we learn about this owner that will help us on future projects?

Output: Lessons learned report. Concrete and specific — not platitudes. Suitable for internal review and estimating/operations database.