Post-launch reviews and post-mortems are how engineering teams extract learning from significant events. Whether conducting a formal post-mortem, capturing learnings for the wider organisation, or communicating findings to customers, each activity requires precise vocabulary. This exercise covers the collocations used in post-launch reviews, incident retrospectives, and learning-culture practices.
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The engineering manager facilitated a post-launch review to ___ what went well and what the team would do differently.
Reflect on what went well is the retrospective and post-launch review collocation — teams 'reflect' to extract lessons from experience. 'Discuss' is the activity that follows reflection; 'review' is the name of the event; 'capture' is the recording step. 'Reflect on' is the idiomatic phrase in Agile and post-launch review language for deliberate, structured self-examination.
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The team committed to ___ a formal post-mortem within five days of any production incident or significant launch.
Conduct a post-mortem is the formal incident and post-launch review collocation — post-mortems are 'conducted' as structured learning events. 'Hold' is also widely used (hold a post-mortem); 'run' is informal; 'write' focuses on the written artefact. 'Conduct' implies the event has a defined process, facilitator, and output document.
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The product manager asked the team to ___ learnings from the launch and share them with the wider organisation.
Capture learnings is the standard post-launch review collocation — 'capturing' learnings implies actively harvesting insights before they are forgotten. 'Document' is also correct; 'record' is mechanical; 'share' is the distribution step after capture. 'Capture' is the preferred term in retrospective and post-mortem frameworks for the act of extracting lessons from an event.
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The SRE lead used the post-launch review to ___ three action items with clear owners and due dates.
Identify action items is the natural post-launch review outcome collocation — reviews 'identify' the specific actions needed to prevent recurrence or improve future launches. 'Define' and 'create' are also used; 'assign' is the step after identification. 'Identify' emphasises the collaborative discovery process, which is the core activity of a post-launch review.
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The team agreed to ___ the post-launch review findings back to the customer after a significant service disruption.
Communicate findings is the professional post-launch and incident review collocation — findings are 'communicated' to customers or stakeholders in a structured way that rebuilds trust. 'Share' is more informal; 'report' is also used; 'present' implies a live meeting. 'Communicate' is the standard verb for intentional, audience-aware delivery of review outcomes.