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In the few breakups of friends I've seen recently, all of their first steps after the breakup was to stay friends.
Personally I find it extremely difficult. In my experience, I find that after breakups (all of which have been initiated by the other person so far) , I'll want to stay friends, against my better judgment. And eventually I'll realize that my initial judgment was right, and that my wanting to stay friends was simply a way to stay around this other person I still cared for, and deny that the relationship was over, and that made it EXTREMELY hard for me to get over that person.
Staying friends after the breakup probably can be done, but it really depends on the situation, and why the breakup occured. My best advice would be that as a general rule of thumb, it's not possible to stay friends if you want to actually get over this person and move on
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