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Lessons Learned - Shortcoming

Tasks that were done wrongly or poorly, or any decisions made incorrectly

Shortcoming

Example:

Shortcoming Recommended Solution

Poor communication among Use instant messenger in project.
the team

• Shortcomings are the tasks that were done wrongly or poorly, or any decisions made incorrectly.
It’s sometimes confused with challenge and difficulty, yet it is neither.

• To make it simple, challenge and difficulties are adverse situations that require resolving in order for
the project to complete, while shortcomings are fault and failures.

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