# Tracking work isn’t *executing strategy*

Monday and Asana are built for managing tasks and teams. Conductor is built to orchestrate outcomes across a portfolio — with a relational object model, enforced governance, and native value realization.

## The Monday & Asana approach

- **Flat data model** — Everything is a row and column. No meaningful distinction between ideas, business cases, portfolios, projects, or KPIs.
- **Passive governance** — Sends alerts but can't enforce stage-gates. Projects advance without evidence and sign-offs.
- **No financial tracking** — No native business cases, benefit objects, or P&L traceability.

## The Conductor approach

- **Relational object model** — Ideas, business cases, portfolios, projects, and benefits natively connected in a meaningful way.
- **Enforced governance** — Multi-role conditional approvals, stage-gate enforcement, and full audit trails from idea to realization.
- **Native value realization** — Business cases, benefit tracking, GL-code tracing, and ROI measurement from strategic intent to P&L impact.

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