# Comparing Retrospectives

DevFeed: [Comparing Retrospectives](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/comparing-retrospectives-36733.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/comparing-retrospectives/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2023-09-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [retrospectives](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrospectives.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [forensic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/forensic.md>), [investigations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/investigations.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [retention](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retention.md>), [retrospectives](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrospectives.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article compares Microsoft's retrospective on the Storm-0558 key acquisition with Thornton Tomasetti's forensic investigation of the Arecibo Telescope collapse. It argues that retrospectives preserve authoritative accounts, support organizational learning, and reassure stakeholders, while contrasting the reports' length, authorship, and treatment of evidence. It also examines log retention as a security design choice.

## Source excerpt

We can learn a lot from comparing retrospectives