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What are Agile Practices OKRs?
The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.
How you write your OKRs can make a huge difference on the impact that your team will have at the end of the quarter. But, it's not always easy to write a quarterly plan that focuses on outcomes instead of projects.
That's why we have created a list of OKRs examples for Agile Practices to help. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point to write your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Agile Practices OKRs
Here are 2 tools that can help you draft your OKRs in no time.
Tability AI: to generate OKRs based on a prompt
Tability AI allows you to describe your goals in a prompt, and generate a fully editable OKR template in seconds.
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Click on the Generate goals using AI
- 3. Describe your goals in a prompt
- 4. Get your fully editable OKR template
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Tability Feedback: to improve existing OKRs
You can use Tability's AI feedback to improve your OKRs if you already have existing goals.
- 1. Create your Tability account
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on Generate analysis
- 4. Review the suggestions and decide to accept or dismiss them
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Tability will scan your OKRs and offer different suggestions to improve them. This can range from a small rewrite of a statement to make it clearer to a complete rewrite of the entire OKR.
Agile Practices OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Agile Practices Objectives and Key Results, but we did not stop there. Understanding the difference between OKRs and projects is important, so we also added examples of strategic initiatives that relate to the OKRs.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to enhance maturity and adoption of lean/scaled Agile delivery practices
ObjectiveEnhance maturity and adoption of lean/scaled Agile delivery practices
KRConfirm 85% staff satisfaction with the transition to Agile practices via survey
Analyze the received feedback for satisfaction rate- Develop a clear and concise survey measuring Agile practice satisfaction
- Distribute the survey to all staff members
- KRAchieve 25% productivity increase through lean/Agile methodologies implementation
- Identify areas for process optimization using lean/Agile methodologies
- Monitor and adjust strategies for continuous productivity improvement
- Implement selected lean/Agile practices in those identified areas
- KRImplement lean/scaled Agile training for 90% of delivery team members
- Track team members’ progress post-training
- Schedule training for 90% of the team members
- Identify appropriate Agile training program for delivery team
OKRs to enhance Agile practices within the organization's community
- ObjectiveEnhance Agile practices within the organization's community
- KRMentor at least 10 team members for efficient Agile implementation
- Arrange individual meetings to understand each team member's Agile knowledge
- Monitor progress and provide constructive feedback regularly
- Develop personalized Agile training programs for each team member
- KRImprove Agile Project Success Rate by at least 20%
- Establish clearer communication channels for instant feedback
- Use analytics to consistently monitor and reassess project progress
- Implement regular, comprehensive agile training for all team members
- KRConduct 3 training workshops on advanced Agile methodologies by end of quarter
- Identify relevant topics for advanced Agile methodology workshops
- Secure qualified speakers or trainers for each event
- Schedule and promote the three workshops
OKRs to increase the sprint story points burnt down
- ObjectiveIncrease the sprint story points burnt down
- KRAchieve a 15% rise in story points burnt down by end of next sprint
- Improve team efficiency with better task prioritization
- Implement additional agile practices for effective management
- Extend working hours to meet required progression
- KRDecrease blocker incidents by 30% to increase sprint velocity
- Implement rigorous pre-testing for bug identification and avoidance
- Increase training for necessary skill advancements
- Enhance communication to promote issue transparency
- KRImprove team's Agile skill set by training all members in advanced Scrum techniques
- Secure funding for Scrum technique training
- Identify advanced Scrum training providers
- Schedule the team's training sessions
OKRs to improve software development team leadership effectiveness
- ObjectiveImprove software development team leadership effectiveness
- KRImprove team efficiency by implementing agile practices and metrics to track progress
- Conduct training on Agile practices and ensure all team members understand the principles
- Implement regular stand-up meetings to enhance communication, identify obstacles, and resolve them promptly
- Utilize Agile metrics like velocity and burndown charts to track progress and optimize productivity
- Establish clear goals and prioritize tasks using Agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban
- KRFoster effective communication and collaboration within the team to drive successful project delivery
- Promote cross-functional collaboration by assigning individuals from different departments to work together
- Utilize project management tools and software to streamline communication and document sharing
- Implement regular team meetings to discuss project updates, challenges, and opportunities
- Encourage open and honest communication to foster a collaborative and trusting environment
- KRIncrease team satisfaction and engagement through regular feedback and recognition
- KREnhance technical skills by facilitating ongoing training programs and knowledge sharing sessions
Agile Practices OKR best practices
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, you can move to Tability to save time with automated OKR dashboards, data connectors, and actionable insights.
How to get Tability dashboards:
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Use the importers to add your OKRs (works with any spreadsheet or doc)
- 3. Publish your OKR plan
That's it! Tability will instantly get access to 10+ dashboards to monitor progress, visualise trends, and identify risks early.
More Agile Practices OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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- OKRs to improve IT Tech retail store deployment through automation enhancements
- OKRs to regain 35% of lost customers from our database
- OKRs to improve CI infrastructure by migrating to a modern provider
- OKRs to successfully migrate legacy DWH postgres db into the data lake using Kafka