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post-mortem

noun/ˌpəʊstˈmɔːtəm/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

A structured analysis conducted after an event or project to identify what happened and why.

The outage post-mortem was blameless, so people were honest about the missed warning signs.

Similar: debrief, retro

Topic: Project management in Business English

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