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What are Systems Maintenance Team 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 Systems Maintenance Team 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 Systems Maintenance Team 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.
Systems Maintenance Team OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Systems Maintenance Team 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 execute effective decoupling of legacy monolith system
ObjectiveExecute effective decoupling of legacy monolith system
KRReduce number of monolithic components by 30% using microservices architecture
Identify monolithic components viable for redesign into microservices- Implement and test newly created microservices
- Develop microservices replacing identified monolithic components
- KRAchieve 90% functionality in new services, ensuring business continuity without interruptions
- Implement regular maintenance and updates schedule
- Develop comprehensive testing procedures for new services
- Initiate contingency planning for potential disruptions
- KRTrain 75% of the software team in modular programming languages for maintenance
- Schedule and implement comprehensive training sessions
- Evaluate and measure progress after training
- Identify team members lacking modular programming skills
OKRs to streamline and enhance documentation retrieval and maintenance process
- ObjectiveStreamline and enhance documentation retrieval and maintenance process
- KRImplement a reliable and user-friendly content editing system for easier maintenance
- Conduct user training for new system
- Research and identify suitable content editing systems
- Install and configure chosen content editing system
- KRDecrease time spent finding documents by 25% via an upgraded search system
- Implement an upgraded document search system
- Train employees on utilizing new search system
- Monitor and adjust system as needed
- KRIncrease documentation accuracy by 30% through improved categorization and indexing
- Train staff on proper document indexing techniques
- Implement a standardized categorization system for all documents
- Conduct regular audits to ensure documentation accuracy
OKRs to maintain up-to-date security patches on our infrastructure
- ObjectiveMaintain up-to-date security patches on our infrastructure
- KRAssess and catalog current state of security patches within two weeks
- Create a comprehensive catalog of findings
- Identify all systems and software requiring security updates
- Verify and document the existing security patches
- KRImplement 100% of identified necessary security updates by quarter's end
- Develop and execute a schedule for updates
- Complete and verify each security update
- Identify all required security updates
- KRDevelop and initiate routine weekly checks to confirm security patch updates
- Establish routine checks for these updates
- Identify necessary security patches weekly
- Implement and confirm successful patch updates
Systems Maintenance Team 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 Systems Maintenance Team OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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- OKRs to enhance HR capabilities in conducting technical interviews