Objectives and Key Results offer a new opportunity for user experience and design work to make a powerful impact on our products and services
What if your OKRs are wrong?
Posted on December 13, 2021.Your objectives and key results are assumptions. At times they will be wrong. Here's how to handle a situation where your goals aren't right.
Incentives vs The Right Behavior
Posted on December 6, 2021.Managing to outcomes works well if we're also monitoring negative behavior. If we're not, we risk real world negative consequences.
OKRs at Scale
Posted on November 29, 2021.Scaling OKRs can get messy quickly. Here's one quick trick to simplify OKRs at scale that also works for your scaled agile efforts.
Should we use OKRs for everything?
Posted on November 22, 2021.We use OKRs to set goals. Should all of our goals then use OKRs? This article discusses which goals make sense and which don't.
Why does planning require a “season?”
Posted on November 15, 2021.We spend a tremendous amount of time planning next year's work. We don't need an entire season to do this. Here's a better way to plan work.
OKR Tracking Tool (free template)
Posted on November 8, 2021.Here is a simple, free tool to track your objectives and key results. It's designed to help get your teams started with setting and tracking goals.
How to make okrs work with long cycle times
Posted on November 1, 2021.OKRs require fast learning but what if our cycle times are long. Here's how to reconcile OKRs with long cycle times.
Customer value and business value are the same thing
Posted on October 25, 2021.Successful businesses know that making the customer happy is their only concern. Here's why.
Planning work with OKRs
Posted on October 18, 2021.Planning work with OKRs exposes the uncertainty in software-driven business planning. Here's how to deal with it.