Postmortem
In plain terms
A retrospective analysis of an incident to learn from it.
Going deeper
A postmortem documents what happened during an incident, why, and how to prevent recurrence, ideally blamelessly. It turns failures into improvements.
Under the hood
Blameless culture focuses on systems, not individuals; produces actionable follow-ups.
Examples
Incident reviews, blameless postmortems, root-cause analysis, SRE, learning.
Think of it like...
Like an accident investigation focused on fixing the road, not blaming the driver.