AAR - After Action Review

The purpose of the AAR is to constantly improve our processes based on our experiences with projects.

Our current process for this is:

• Whole project team gets together after the project has been completed, booking between 1-2 hours.

• Project team ideates with sticky notes on what didn't work on the project, this can be anything from client communication, contractual issues, deliverables, etc.

• The facilitator creates categories of issues based on what he observes is being written down.

• Each team member puts their points on the board and category and gives an overview. No solutions are discussed.

• Everyone votes on what they feel are the most critical issues to avoid next time and fix right away.

• The facilitator takes the most voted issues and arranges them in a row.

• Solutions are discussed and one sticky note per solution is added. Multiple solutions for one issue is fine.

• Next steps to solve issues permanently are done.

• Spend 5-10 mins looking at what went well in the project!