Most project reviews end as a list of complaints that nobody acts on. This six-page Google Docs template follows the four questions of an after action review: what was planned, what happened, why it happened, and what changes next. Each page has a fixed layout for gates, a timeline of events, root causes and a checklist with owners and dates.

The sample follows Rookwood Group's backup power rollout across three depots, where design sign-off took 18 days against a plan of 7. It shows evidence, a blameless root cause and six actions due within 90 days. Replace the dates, figures and owners with your own, and delete any action you will not do.