OKR

Measure What Matters

Whose Idea
• Andy Grove – MBO
• John Doerr- Google ( Ex Intel)

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Structure
• Objectives. Defining 2 to 3 objectives on Org, team or personal
levels.
• Key Results. For each objective, define 3-4 measurable results
• An objective is done when Key Results have been ~ achieved.
• Rate OKR Quarterly but Review Monthly or during 1:1s (atleast)

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 OKR Hierarchy
OKR Hierarchy
Team Level
Individual Level -optional
Panos
Director OKR

Frameworks
Day 0 Lead Day 1 Lead Day 2 Lead PgM
Lead
OKR OKR OKR OKR OKR
shared OKR shared OKR

TM TM

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Objective
• Qualitative and Inspirational
• Excite you to get up and come to work.
• Mission statement for time period.

• Time Bound
• Long Enough – Quarterly or Monthly
• Independently Actionable ( Best extent possible)
• Objectives – Individual or Shared

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Objective Example
“Make SparkX available on AWS”
“Improve microservice onboarding”
”Increase headcount to improve velocity”
“Learn new programming language”
“Release Spark Marketplace”

“OKRs are not the only thing you do; they are the one thing you must do”

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Key Results
• How would we know if we met our Objective?
• Metrics?
• Growth, Availability, Speed, Customers, APIs, Performance, Quality (NPS)
• Binary
• Yes / No.
• Range (Extent)
• Red < 50%
• Yellow 50% < x <70%
• Green > 70%

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Objective Example
“Make SparkX available on AWS”
binary Yes or No ( ~ is prototype available, alpha -> beta ->)
“Improve microservice onboarding”
reduce time to onboard by 20%
” Improve velocity”
hire two engineers
automate routine tasks or create bots to replace human
tasks
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Measure OKR

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OKR Example
Objective : automate all repetitive support tasks.
Key Results
• Reduce time spend on operational tasks 90%
• Reduce no of recurring user stories / tasks by 90%
• Reduce # of issues/alters (PD) during on call by 90%

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Q4 OKR < CCE >. < Team > < Name >
Objective Key Results Comments
Setup a framework for a  KR 1

high performing culture  KR 2

 KR 3

Objective Key Results Comments

Be able to gradually take KR 1 

10x more load within

KR 2 
3months without impact to
KR 3 
services and within the
current budget (both
Objective Key Results Comments
headcount and COGS)
 KR 1

 KR 2

 KR 3
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Q4 OKR < CCE >. < Team > < Name >
Objectives Score Key Results Remarks

In order to get a baseline of the team's

performance level, implement, deploy
and review the two questions most
Setup a framework for a
correlated with high performance teams:
high performing culture
"I have the chance to use my strengths
every day.", "My coworkers are
committed to doing quality work"
Be able to gradually take
10x more load within
3months without impact to
services and within the
current budget (both
headcount and COGS)

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