Expectations about identifying and documenting “Lessons Learned”

This guide by Rick Davies was originally developed as guidance for a workshop for project partners involved in Indonesian health projects. It offers advice on identifying and appropriately writing effective Lessons Learnt paragraphs. It gives a number of examples of Lessons Learnt and discusses their strong and weak points.

Contents

• Purpose    1
• Scope    1
• What is a Lesson Learned   2
• What will a Lesson Learned statement look like?   2
• Some criteria for good Lessons Learned statements    2
• Examples of Lessons Learned    3
• How to find possible Lessons Learned    4