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tability.ioWhat are Design Skills OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We have a collection of OKRs examples for Design Skills to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Design Skills OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Design Skills 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 resource allocation based on design skills and portfolio
ObjectiveEnhance resource allocation based on design skills and portfolio
KRImprove project success rate by 15% via portfolio optimized resource distribution
Implement the resource distribution strategy and monitor impact on project success- Develop a resource allocation strategy based on portfolio optimization
- Analyze past projects for resource use patterns and inefficiencies
- KRAchieve a 30% reduction in misallocated design resources
- Identify inefficiencies and necessary improvements
- Investigate current allocation of design resources
- Implement resource redistribution strategies
- KRIncrease resource utilization rate by 20% through improved skill-based assignments
- Monitor and adjust assignments consistently
- Identify skills and strengths of team members
- Allocate tasks based on those identified skills
OKRs to streamline book cover creation for faster marketing and design implementation
- ObjectiveStreamline book cover creation for faster marketing and design implementation
- KRImplement new project management tools to track and expedite the design process
- Research different project management tools available
- Train staff on using the selected tool
- Choose tool that best supports design process
- KRReduce design-production turnaround time by 30%
- Streamline communication between design and production teams
- Implement advanced project management tools
- Provide continuous training on efficient workflow strategies
- KRIncrease design team efficiency by 20% via skill development workshops
- Implement regular follow-ups to ensure application of learned skills
- Arrange workshop sessions with reputable skill development educators
- Research and identify potential skill development workshops for design team
OKRs to improve the UX team's design and technical skills
- ObjectiveImprove the UX team's design and technical skills
- KRIncrease weekly training hours by 25% within the team
- KRAchieve a 15% improvement in project completion time
- Enhance team communication and collaboration
- Streamline processes to remove unnecessary steps
- Implement effective project management tools
- KRImplement two skills-based workshops or seminars per member
- Schedule two workshops/seminars per member
- Develop curriculum customised to member's needs
- Determine skills focus for each workshop or seminar
OKRs to enhance design skills and output
- ObjectiveEnhance design skills and output
- KRComplete 3 advanced design skill training courses with a final score of 85%
- Achieve a final score of 85% in each course
- Research and select 3 advanced design skill training courses
- Attend and complete all course material thoroughly
- KRProduce 12 innovative design projects meeting client satisfaction levels of 90%
- Gather client requirements and preferences for each design project
- Develop unique and innovative design concepts based on client needs
- Incorporate client feedback into final design revisions for approval
- KRReduce design process time by 20% while maintaining quality metrics
- Train team in rapid prototyping techniques
- Implement efficient design software and tools
- Establish clear, streamlined design workflow
How to write your own Design Skills OKRs
1. Get tailored OKRs with an AI
You'll find some examples below, but it's likely that you have very specific needs that won't be covered.
You can use Tability's AI generator to create tailored OKRs based on your specific context. Tability can turn your objective description into a fully editable OKR template -- including tips to help you refine your goals.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Click on the "Generate goals using AI" button
- 3. Use natural language to describe your goals
Tability will then use your prompt to generate a fully editable OKR template.
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Option 2. Optimise existing OKRs with Tability Feedback tool
If you already have existing goals, and you want to improve them. You can use Tability's AI feedback to help you.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on "Generate analysis"
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsTability 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.
You can then decide to accept the suggestions or dismiss them if you don't agree.
Option 3. Use the free OKR generator
If you're just looking for some quick inspiration, you can also use our free OKR generator to get a template.
Unlike with Tability, you won't be able to iterate on the templates, but this is still a great way to get started.
Design Skills 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.
How to track your Design Skills OKRs
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order to get all the benefits of the OKRs 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
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.
If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More Design Skills OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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