Talk:lesson learned

Sum of parts? Mglovesfun (talk) 16:43, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

You'd think so, but folks treat it as some larger concept. The definition I see being used includes the institutionalization.WikiWilliamP 19:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

lesson learned
This seems to be a lesson that is learned. It is conceivable that there is real usage following the normative definition provided. DCDuring TALK 16:04, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The normative definition was not included in the most recent source (2009) of US DoD jargon, though the term is used as a definiens and given an abbreviation, "LL". DCDuring TALK 16:20, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, IMO. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:18, 21 May 2010 (UTC)


 * How about as an interjection? "oh well, lesson learned!"  -- Visviva 15:40, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually I think there's enough reasonable doubt here. It does seem to refer to a lesson (figurative sense). Maybe citations would help, not to mention a much better definition. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:02, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Delete Let's not copy stuff from prescriptive sources unless we have evidence that it is used that way.

“Lesson Learned” is the proper name of a specific US military SOP under the Joint Lessons Learned Program (I'm not joking). And when the cited report was written, it only had the status of a proposal. The complete definition reads “A technique, procedure, or practical workaround that enabled a task to be accomplished to standard based on an identified deficiency or shortcoming. Upon approval of this publication, this term and its definition will be nominated for inclusion in Joint Publication JP 1-02.” —Michael Z. 2010-06-07 18:23 z 
 * Deleted primarily because the content is garbage, secondly per this debate. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:13, 8 June 2010 (UTC)