Lessons Learned Meeting: How to Make it Excellent

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Project Management is a huge and complex discipline and we can devote our working lives to getting better at it. And one of the best ways to improve our performance is by harvesting lessons learned from each project we do.

And learning lessons from a whole project is not enough. We keep our performance sharp, by learning lessons as we go, conducting lessons learned (LL) meetings during projects as well as at the end.

But how can you hold an excellent Lessons Learned meeting? One where people contribute openly, and leave the meeting not just smarter, but wiser?

That's what I talk about in this video. I cover:
- What a Lessons Learned meeting is
- When to hold them
- How to prepare for your next lessons learned meeting
- A simple, effective structure for your LL meeting
- The outcomes from a good Lessons Learned meeting
- What follow-up you'll need

Every project is different. But they all share common features. So learning lessons from your experience is a key part of your professional development. And Lessons Learned meetings are a fundamental part of that process.

You may also like my articles:

'Ten Project Management Lessons I’ve Learned over the Years'

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I am lucky to watch this video as i am having lesson learned meeting tomorrow. I learned a lot of things and prepared my PPT accordingly.. Thank you very much❤❤

prashanttarapurkar
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This is one truly hidden gem on youtube. As someone that has been on both sides of project management, this approach needs more attention than its getting. Thank you very much for such a well explained and laid out tutorial on how to conduct excellent lessons learned sessions. I have adopted everything in this video!

leighton
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Thanks very much. I will use some points from you lesson for my upcoming Lesson Learned.

kimsoerensen
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We are learning this subject from Mike Einarson our professor and you are also Mike. Well great job on lessons learned. I started watching a video before but had to skip because nothing was for me. Here I got this. Thank you so much 💗💗

Gurpreetkaur-dpji
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Wonderful video - clear, concise, straight to point. What is exceptional here is that you stress why each step is important to do. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge!

cvbzizou
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Hello Mike, great video. I will put it into action for my next Lessons learned meeting.

alexanderfernandez
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I'm surprised that this video has only 4 comments. Mine is going to be the 5th.
That's a really great material, thanks a lot Mike! Will be running my LL using your structure keeping the benefits and outcomes in mind. Perhaps too much to ask, but I would love to see some examples of actual LL, how would you engage others to think prior to the meeting, what's your recommendation on the group size, would you run everything in a single session or split into several, useful techniques... I know it depends on the project, but a real-life example can give some kind of a reference you could adjust to your circumstance. Anyways great stuff! Will surely check out other vids on the channel.

Ptolemyxnah
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Thank you for a great video on the topic! Do you have any recommendations for the format of such a meeting in terms of LL templates? I am working online with Miro/Whiteboard and such and this proves quite a challenge, especially with breakout rooms.

Dedahlian
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Excellent explanation. Thank you Mike Clayton !

sterlingsuman
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What about PMO videos? I hope if you can consider some PMO videos. thanks in advance

gina.NY