Dev Tools · 1h ago
Post-Mortems Often Blame Individuals Instead of Fixing Flawed Systems
A post-mortem after a failed project should analyze systemic issues, but many teams use it to assign blame. This leads to defensiveness and no real learning. Effective post-mortems focus on process changes, not personal failures.
Meridian48 take
The piece rightly skewers corporate rituals that prioritize blame over improvement, but it's a familiar critique—the real challenge is getting teams to adopt the systemic changes it prescribes.
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