PD Foundations · Vol. III · Appendix H

After-action review template

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Contents
AAR for (initiative/activity, date):
Participants in AAR:
Background resources/links
After-action review : What did we do and what did we learn?
1. What did we expect to happen?
2. What actually happened?
3. What caused the difference between 1 and 2?
Action plan: What are we going to do?
4. Based on what worked and what didn’t work, what will we do the same or differently the next time?
Things to keep doing: Things to change for next time:
5. What do we need to do in the short-term? (who? what? when?)
6. What should we consider doing in the medium-term? (who? what? when?)
7. What should we consider not doing? (and why not?)