Unilever + GSK Consumer: A post mortem
Project post mortems are often a good practice in business. The goal is to look at the project to determine what went right and what can be improved so that we can do things differently and better in future.
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Project post mortems are often a good practice in business. The goal is to look at the project to determine what went right and what can be improved so that we can do things differently and better in future.
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