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Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding

Planview

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading part one first, “ What is Lean Portfolio Management ,” which you can find here . In this post, we’ll discuss a fundamental component of Lean portfolio management: funding. This is where Lean budgeting comes in.

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Cost of Quality (COQ): A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

But we’ll also discuss the cost of good quality vs. the cost of poor quality and show you how to measure COQ. It’s also part of Lean Six Sigma, a philosophy of improvement built on the prevention of defects over defect detection. Cost of quality (COQ) helps you avoid neglecting quality and boost customer satisfaction.

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Trello vs. Asana: Side-by-Side Comparison

ProjectManager.com

Yes, Trello has project management features and Asana has a timeline and other tools to help manage tasks and teams. Neither Trello nor Asana can do that, which helps you deliver projects on time and within budget. It allows teams to manage different types of projects, workflows and task tracking. Here are some use cases.

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What Is Aggregate Planning? Strategies & Tips

ProjectManager.com

Aggregate planning is a method for analyzing, developing and maintaining a manufacturing plan with an emphasis on uninterrupted, consistent production. Aggregate production planning also lets manufacturers know what staff, materials, output rates, timeline estimates and budget costs they need. Set up your budget, then manage costs.

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Ad Hoc Project Management: The Art of Chaos and Confusion

MPUG

Team members can do whatever they want, whenever they want, with no consequences. Team members are left in the dark, wondering what’s happening and who’s in charge. Besides the rework and distraction from the next batch of projects, we expect our team members to work in an unsustainable way, chronically.

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How to Stay Lean While you Scale Your Product Team From Product/Market Fit to Growth

Planio

For every growing company, there comes a time when you need to add new blood to your product team. Unfortunately, scaling a product team from product/market fit to the demands of hyper-growth isn’t easy. But hire too slowly and you might overload your team with too much work and miss important opportunities for growth.

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7 Proven Ways Lean Six Sigma Methodology Can Speed Up Your Business Growth

Taskque

Whether it is through your social media pages, review sites or emails in your inbox, your brand is earning a bad reputation. This would not have happened if you have implemented lean six sigma or paid attention to improving the quality of the product. So what’s lean six sigma all about? What is Lean Six Sigma?

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