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What are Cross Functional Teams 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.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Cross Functional Teams to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for 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 Cross Functional Teams 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.
Cross Functional Teams OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Cross Functional Teams Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to enhance cross-functional cooperation within our teams
ObjectiveEnhance cross-functional cooperation within our teams
KRIncrease participation in cross-departmental meetings by 30%
Offer a platform for online participation for remote workers
Promote meetings via internal newsletters and emails
Implement a reward system for frequent meeting attendees
KRLaunch at least two collaborative projects involving different functional teams
Assign responsibilities and officially launch the projects
Communicate and plan with team leaders for project initiation
Identify potential project ideas involving different functional teams
KRAchieve a 20% improvement in team efficiency metrics via cross-functional initiatives
Develop and implement cross-functional collaboration strategies
Identify inefficiencies in current team workflows and processes
Regularly review and adjust strategies based on team feedback
OKRs to enhance cross-functional collaboration in team
ObjectiveEnhance cross-functional collaboration in team
KRIncrease the team's cross-functional skills by 30% by offering relevant training
Identify necessary cross-functional skills for team improvement
Implement regular skill development trainings
Find suitable training programs for these skills
KRConduct minimum 3 team-building activities promoting inter-department collaboration each week
Identify suitable inter-department team-building activities
Schedule these activities for each week
Ensure each department's participation
KRReduce project completion time by 15% through improving cross-functional performance
Implement collaborative software for seamless cross-functional communication
Streamline workflows across different departments
Provide training to improve cross-functional teamwork
OKRs to enhance Developer Quality
ObjectiveEnhance Developer Quality
KRFoster collaboration by establishing cross-functional teams to deliver one successful project
Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of each team member to ensure clarity
Facilitate regular communication and meetings among team members to encourage collaboration
Identify key individuals from different departments to form cross-functional teams
Provide the necessary resources and support to enable teams to successfully deliver the project
KREnhance technical skills through monthly training sessions with at least 90% attendance
Monitor and track attendance of each team member for training sessions
Provide relevant and informative training materials for each session
Communicate the importance of attending training sessions to all team members
Establish a monthly schedule for training sessions
KRIncrease code quality by implementing code review process and achieving an average rating of 4 out of 5
Establish a designated code review team to review and provide constructive feedback on code submissions
Implement a systematic code review process and ensure all code changes undergo thorough review
Define clear coding guidelines and standards to be followed during the code review process
Regularly measure and track the code review ratings, identifying areas of improvement and addressing them
KRImprove efficiency by decreasing average bug fix time to less than 24 hours
Cross Functional Teams 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

OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full 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
Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use 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 Cross Functional Teams OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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