Project Retrospective Prompt

Facilitate a project retrospective.

Project: [name and brief description]
Outcome: [on time? on budget? quality goals met?]
Team size: [number]

What happened:
- Went well: [list]
- Went wrong: [list]
- Surprised us: [list]
- Would do differently: [list if known]

Please:
1. Top 3 lessons (root cause, not just what went wrong)
2. 3-5 specific process improvements for the next project
3. Systemic issues that will repeat until addressed
4. A one-paragraph retro summary for stakeholders
5. 5 survey questions to gather broader team input