Objectives and Key Results (OKR)

External

• https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/4/okrs-explained-plain-english
• https://jeffgothelf.com/blog/what-is-an-okr-here-are-the-basics/
• https://hbr.org/2020/12/use-okrs-to-set-goals-for-teams-not-individuals
• https://library.gv.com/how-google-sets-goals-okrs-a1f69b0b72c7
• https://lattice.com/library/okr-101
  • https://help.lattice.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061622193-Setting-Goals-With-Your-Team
  • https://lattice.com/webinar/webinars-how-to-align-your-company-with-okrs
  • https://lattice.com/webinar/what-is-an-okr
  • https://lattice.com/library/what-is-corporate-performance-management
  • https://lattice.com/webinar/transparency-matters-how-to-build-a-culture-of-trust-in-your-organization
  • https://lattice.com/library/tip-for-making-goal-setting-work
  • https://lattice.com/library/3-strategies-for-measuring-the-roi-of-hr
  • https://lattice.com/library/how-to-monitor-and-measure-an-employee-growth-plans-progress
  • https://lattice.com/library/how-performance-management-boosts-engagement
  • https://lattice.com/library/how-to-get-executive-buy-in-for-okrs-and-goal-setting
  • https://lattice.com/library/how-and-when-to-revisit-your-goals
  • https://lattice.com/library/a-blueprint-for-performance-management
• https://getpocket.com/explore/item/against-metrics-how-measuring-performance-by-numbers-backfires

Books

• High Output Management by Andy Grove
• Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr
• OKRs At The Center: How to use goals to drive ongoing change and create the organization you want by Natalija Hellesoe , Sonja Mewes
• Radical Focus SECOND EDITION: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results (Empowered Teams) by Christina R. Wodtke

Internal

• Leadership

Overview

• Provide a framework to focus efforts on what matters for the organization.
• Once the direction is clear, the framework helps with committing to priorities.
• Helps aligning the teams and connecting horizontally. Communication function. That is important for the OKRs to be published and visible.
• Accountability and measurability. We know where we are and we can course correct, in the current cycle and the next.

TODO

• Difference between organization OKR and individual OKR.
• Define visibility and transparence. Objectives and results must be publicly visible.
• Relationship between OKRs and compensation. Ideally there should not be one.
• Relationship between OKRs and Jira epics.
• Output vs. outcome. Sounds like semantics. Search for "Should OKRs focus on output or outcomes?" in here.
• Horizontal vs vertical communication and connection.
• Render the company map and identify opportunities for horizontal collaboration.