Capturing lessons learned should be an on-going effort throughout the life of the
project. This mindset should be strongly encouraged by the project manager from day
one. Whether we are using lessons learned to prepare for current projects or for
identifying project management process improvements, we learn from project failures
as well as project successes. By not learning from project failures we are doomed
to repeat similar situations. By not maximizing on project successes, we miss
opportunities to implement good processes and practices to successfully complete
existing and future work.