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Ebook - Introduction To Objectives and Key Results-Basics of Okrs PDF
Ebook - Introduction To Objectives and Key Results-Basics of Okrs PDF
Jüri Kaljundi
CEO & Co-founder
OKRs are your daily poster on the wall:
How far am I?
It’s said:
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Example Company or Sales OKR
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OKR key points
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Why limit amount of goals and metrics?
• 3 O x 3 KR = 9
• 4 O x 4 KR = 16
• 5 O x 5 KR = 25
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Differences compared to other methods
• Two-level grouping:
– One O has multiple KRs
• Everything is measurable
• Limited amount of goals to focus
• Linked from company to team to person
• All public across the company
• Goals are difficult, but not impossible
• Often not tied to salary & bonuses
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Objectives: your goals. The “What?”
• Aspirational
• Challenging
• Qualitative
• Time bound
• Unambiguous
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Key Results: evaluation of achievement.
The “How?”
• Measurable & Quantifiable
• Objectively gradable
• Achievable
• Usually numerical
• Actionable
• Tangible
• Outcome related
Did we meet the Objective?
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Key Result types
• 0-100% progress
• Any % value or x% to y% change
• Euros, dollars
• Items, units, articles, people
• 1-5 or 1-10 grade rating
• Milestones, stages, project phases
• Deliverables, tasks, outcomes
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Roof-shots
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Moonshots
• Stretch goals
• Ambitious bold goal you might reach
• Failure and risk-taking is an option
• Challenging & uneasy
• Push people to achieve more
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Keys to make OKRs a success
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Common mistakes
• Over 5 Os or KRs
• Listing too small unimportant tasks
• KRs not measurable, not numeric
• Not understandable to co-workers
• Continuous ongoing Q-to-Q goals have
no growth
• Not challenging enough
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Usual schedule
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Hierarchy of OKRs and linking
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Examples of bad KRs
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Try out Weekdone OKR software
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Helpful OKR resources
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Example Marketing OKR
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Example Marketing OKR
• Activate user-testing
– Conduct at least 4 face to face testing
sessions per month
– Receive at least 15 video interviews from
Usertesting.com
– Make sure at least 80% of people
interviewed are from core target group
(Directors, VP’s, CEO’s, Division Managers)
not random friends
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Example CFO or Finance OKR
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Example Product Manager OKR
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Got questions?
Feel free to get in touch with me:
Jüri Kaljundi
CEO & Co-founder, Weekdone
E-mail: jk@weekdone.com
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