TARGA is a leadership intelligence platform. It starts with the strategic plan and works down to the work, which is why it is built for the CEO and the executive team. Project and portfolio tools start with tasks and build up. The difference is direction.
| TARGA | Task and project tools | Strategy portfolio (SPM) tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starts from | The strategic plan, top-down | Tasks | Portfolios of projects |
| Built for | The CEO and executive team | The team doing the work | The PMO and strategy staff |
| Status comes from | The work itself - owners' own activity | Manual updates | Roll-up reporting |
| The AI | Observes and suggests. Every action is yours. | Add-on assistant | Reporting and analysis |
| The claim | "Your plan is where the company runs" | "Everything starts with a task" | A reporting layer on top of the work |
If you hear "everything starts with a task," you're not talking to us.
Most executives will tell you the obstacle to growth is inside the building. The problem is rarely the strategy. It's the gap between the plan and the work.
of executives cite internal barriers - not market conditions - as the top obstacle to growth.
- Bain, Founder's Mentality
of well-formulated strategies underperform in execution. The strategy is not the problem - the infrastructure is.
- Bain & Company
Elite companies invest a disciplined portion of their gross margin in strategic value creation. They outperform because they have the infrastructure to identify, fund, and execute the initiatives that matter most.
TARGA is that infrastructure. The plan lives in it, the work reports into it, and the executive team runs the company from it.
Last year's investment plan predicts this year's. McKinsey found a 90 percent correlation in investment spending from one year to the next.
For fast-moving businesses, McKinsey's guidance is to hold about 20 percent of the budget for the initiatives that earn it during the year. Deciding where that goes, and seeing whether it worked, is the job TARGA was built for.
Source: McKinsey, Six process improvements for capital allocation.
One view of the strategic portfolio, with status computed from the work underneath it. See what is drifting, and what to do about it, on the screen where you decide.
As of October 2026
Our own company plan runs in TARGA, and first pilots begin in October. TARGA runs on desktop, phone and tablet.
Forward looking guidance subject to change.
Straight answers to the questions executives ask about running the company from the plan down.
One word: direction. Task tools start with tasks and build up. A leadership intelligence platform starts with the strategic plan and works down.
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