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What are Devops 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.
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 Devops Practices 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.
The best tools for writing perfect Devops 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.
Devops Practices OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Devops Practices 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 improve organizational DevOps practices with DORA
ObjectiveImprove organizational DevOps practices with DORA
KRReduce mean time to recovery (MTTR) for critical incidents to X minutes through improved incident response processes- KRIncrease deployment frequency by X% through continuous integration and delivery
Implement automated testing to identify and fix issues early in the development process- Streamline the build and release process to minimize manual intervention
- Invest in continuous integration and delivery tools for seamless and frequent deployments
- Establish a robust version control system for efficient code management
- KRAchieve X% increase in test automation coverage for application releases
- KRImprove employee satisfaction by X% through promoting a culture of collaboration and learning
OKRs to improve organization's DevOps practices and monitoring systems
- ObjectiveImprove organization's DevOps practices and monitoring systems
- KRImplement real-time monitoring for critical systems
- Set up necessary hardware and infrastructure for real-time monitoring
- Research and select a real-time monitoring software solution
- Create a checklist of critical systems to be monitored in real-time
- Train staff on using the real-time monitoring system and troubleshooting potential issues
- KRAchieve 99% uptime for all production services
- Implement automated monitoring systems to detect and resolve service interruptions promptly
- Create redundancy in server infrastructure to prevent single points of failure
- Establish a robust backup and disaster recovery plan for all production services
- Regularly schedule and perform maintenance tasks to optimize system performance and stability
- KRReduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) for incidents by 20%
- KRIncrease adoption of DevOps practices across all teams
- Implement automated CI/CD pipelines for faster software delivery
- Encourage cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing between teams
- Regularly review and optimize existing processes to ensure continuous improvement
- Provide comprehensive DevOps training for all teams
Devops 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
The rules of OKRs are simple. Quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly, and yearly OKRs should be tracked monthly. 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 Devops Practices OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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