Postmortem
A retrospective document or meeting that records an incident's impact causes response and follow-up actions.
Plain English
Review what happened and improve the system afterward.
In context
A blameless postmortem turns incident evidence into shared learning and owned preventive actions.
Example
“The postmortem is scheduled after service restoration.”
When you'll hear this
- incident follow-up
- reliability planning
- team learning
Common misunderstanding
Postmortem does not imply death and should not become a blame exercise.
Also known as
incident review
Commonly used by
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Updated: 2026-08-25
