What problem does it solve?
Product teams frequently waste time on unstructured postmortems that lack data-backed conclusions, clear issue ownership, and actionable follow-ups, leading to repeated mistakes and no tangible process improvement.
Core Features & Use Cases
- 5-Stage Structured Workflow: Guides users through information intake, goal vs. actual result comparison, root cause analysis, lessons learned extraction, and actionable item generation to ensure no critical step is missed.
- Multi-Scenario Support: Tailored templates and guidance for version launch postmortems, P0/P1 incident RCA reports, OKR reviews, quarterly retrospectives, and A/B experiment evaluations.
- Built-in Quality Guardrails: Includes a 10-point quality checklist, 5-Why root cause analysis framework with responsibility attribution, and fallback strategies for incomplete input to ensure report consistency and actionability.
- Use Case Example: For a delayed feature launch with 7% lower-than-expected DAU growth, the skill generates a full report with quantified performance gaps, root cause breakdowns, and assigned action items with clear deadlines and success criteria.
Quick Start
Use the pm-postmortem-writer skill to generate a structured postmortem report for the Q3 user growth feature launch using the provided launch metrics, issue list, and original project goals.
