Post-Launch Retro Template

PostedSeptember 3, 2025

UpdatedSeptember 3, 2025

Bynous-buildons

Post-Launch Retro Template

Blameless, fast learning. Capture outcomes, uncover causes, and commit to changes that make the next launch cleaner and faster.

Prep

Retro Details

Market/Vertical Retro window Facilitator Date Attendees Links

Blameless rule: describe systems and choices, not people. Focus on signals, not stories.

Score

Launch Scorecard

Overall

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Note

Events

Launch Timeline

Date Event Type Ref (URL or ID)

Date	Event	Type	Ref

Keep table cells short. Put detail in Highlights.

Hot Spots

What Went Well

Friction

What Needs Work

Signals

Surprises

Incidents

Summary

Sev	Count	Dur (min)	Clients

Sev Count Dur (min) Clients

RCA

5-Whys Builder

Problem Why #1 Why #2 Why #3 Why #4 Why #5

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Preventive ideas

Review

Experiments

Hypothesis	Metric	Outcome	ICE

Hypothesis Metric Outcome Impact (1–10) Confidence (1–10) Ease (1–10)

Log

Decisions

Decision	Rationale	Status

Decision Rationale Status

Triage

Start / Stop / Continue

Owners

Action Items

Task	Owner	Due	Status

Task Owner Due Status

Export

Exports include scorecard, timeline, highlights, RCA, experiments, decisions, and actions.