Traditional Portfolio Management: Funds projects annually.
LPM: Funds Value Stream continuously
Traditional: Decisions made top-down
LPM: Decisions made collaboratively (e.g., Participatory Budgeting)
Traditional: Success = on-time, on budget.
LPM: Success = value delivered, outcomes achieved.
Traditional: Work starts based on approvals.
LPM: Work flows based on capacity and customer value.
Traditional: Governance by control
LPM: Governance by trust, transparency, and feedback.
LPM replaces bureaucracy with Lean flow – strategy flows to execution through value, not approvals.

