Understanding when a feature stops delivering user value is crucial to prioritising where your team works. OKRs can help you decide. Here's how.
Validating key results is messy
Posted on June 6, 2022.Key results are also assumptions. Here’s how to ensure you’re testing your goals as well as your feature hypotheses.
OKR Anti-pattern: Creating OKRs to “fit” your backlog
Posted on May 23, 2022.We always have an existing backlog. If we create new goals, we have to rethink our work plan, not create goals that reflect it.
OKR Leadership: OKRs are not task lists
Posted on May 8, 2022.If your teams' OKRs are turning into lists of tasks to complete that's a red flag that you're asking the wrong questions.
OKR Leadership: Stop telling people what to do
Posted on May 2, 2022.The biggest change a leader has to make if OKRs are to succeed is to stop telling their teams what to do.
OKR Leadership: A safe culture of learning
Posted on April 25, 2022.OKRs require the psychological safety for teams to be wrong and a culture that celebrates the learning they bring from their product discovery work.
OKR Leadership: Without Product Discovery Your Teams are Just Guessing
Posted on April 18, 2022.Setting up goals is the beginning of your OKR journey. The next step is understanding how you, as a leader, must support product discovery.
How Many OKRs is Enough?
Posted on April 4, 2022.It's easy to add an OKR for every activity. Instead work towards setting the fewest number of goals. Here's how to do it.
How Do OKRs Work with Big Bang Releases
Posted on March 7, 2022.There are some products that have to be shipped as one big release. This article explains how to make big bang releases work with OKRs.
OKRs are not “Set it and forget it!”
Posted on February 28, 2022.It's tempting to set a goal and never think about it again. It's also a huge mistake. Here's how to avoid doing that with OKRs.