Use an evidence-based timeline, specific contributing conditions and verified follow-up to make a postmortem useful.
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Use an evidence-based timeline, specific contributing conditions and verified follow-up to make a postmortem useful.
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Look for decisions explained with contemporaneous information, proportionate review and tracked improvements whose effects are checked.
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