Tasktop

Tasktop provides companies with visibility into software portfolios and develops actionable insights for business value. The company was founded by CEO Mik Kersten and Gail Murphy and is based in Vancouver, B.C. Tasktop has raised $129 million in funding, including a $100 million investment round in 2021, led by Sumeru Equity Partners, with Elsewhere Partners and Yaletown Partners contributing.

Tasktop reports providing services to over one million users, forty-three companies in the Fortune 100, and leading brands such as Panasonic, Comcast, AT&T, Bosch, GE, CGI, BMW, Intel, and Virgin.

The company provides value stream management (VSM) software that enables digital transformation at scale. The Tasktop dashboard offers transparency into software delivery processes by helping organizations get a better understanding of processes for delivering software and whether or not they're delivering value.

Forrester Research defines VSM as "a combination of people, process, and technology that maps, optimizes, visualizes, measures, and governs business value flow (including epics, stories, and work items) through enterprise software delivery pipelines."

The Tasktop VSM platform primarily consists of Tasktop Viz and Tasktop Hub. Tasktop Viz gives users a real-time view of software delivery processes, detecting bottlenecks and business movement. Tasktop Hub enables users to connect multiple software delivery tools, such as Jira, ServiceNow, and Azure DevOps. The integration system can connect dozens of tools across hundreds of projects.

The Tasktop Viz VSM Portfolio Insights Dashboard provides IT, product leaders, and C-level executives with visibility into digital transformations. The tool also pinpoints areas that should be optimized and improved upon.

In addition to its platform tools, Tasktop offers implementation services, strategic advisory, technical support, and training programs aimed at businesses scaling value stream management.

Tasktop offers a four-part training course that helps businesses learn about the value stream management best practices. Courses are either virtual or on-demand. The company also offers a Flow Institute course designed for enterprise business and technology leaders, with sessions covering the best practices and new innovations in how value stream management impacts software delivery ROI.

Tasktop offers a free, one-hour consulting session with a value stream expert to help educate clients on organizational work flow management. The session also provides clients with custom value stream architecture map.

The company offers access to solution engineers, aimed at businesses that need to develop custom connectors for in-house tools. This service enables critical systems in value streams to be integrated using Tasktop.