# 3 common pitfalls of post-mortems

DevFeed: [3 common pitfalls of post-mortems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/3-common-pitfalls-of-post-mortems-11954.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://incident.io/blog/pitfalls-of-post-mortems>)

Author: Milly Leadley

Published: 2022-07-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The incident.io Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-incident-io-blog.md>)

Topics: [Post Mortem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/post-mortem.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Template](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/template.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [incident-channel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-channel.md>), [incident-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-management.md>), [incident-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-response.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [post-mortem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-mortem.md>), [retrospective](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrospective.md>), [slack-incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack-incident.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains common pitfalls that reduce the value of post-mortems. It recommends applying them selectively, reducing the manual effort required to compile incident information through tooling and automation, and reflecting at the right level to address underlying classes of problems rather than only individual fixes. It also emphasizes blameless analysis and provides a post-mortem template as inspiration.

## Source excerpt

Reasons why a post-mortem might not deliver the value it deserves.