What are Artist Team OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
OKRs are quickly gaining popularity as a goal-setting framework. But, it's not always easy to know how to write your goals, especially if it's your first time using OKRs.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Artist Team to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
How to write your own Artist Team OKRs
Option 1. Turn ideas into OKRs with Tability AI
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here.
You can use Tability's AI generator to create tailored OKRs based on your specific context. Tability can turn your objective description into a fully editable OKR template -- including tips to help you refine your goals.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Click on the "Generate goals using AI" button
- 3. Use natural language to describe your goals
Tability will then use your prompt to generate a fully editable OKR template.
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Option 2. Optimise existing OKRs with Tability Feedback tool
If you already have existing goals, and you want to improve them. You can use Tability's AI feedback to help you.
- 1. Go to Tability's plan editor
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on "Generate analysis"
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsTability 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.
You can then decide to accept the suggestions or dismiss them if you don't agree.
Option 3. Use the free OKR generator
If you're just looking for some quick inspiration, you can also use our free OKR generator to get a template.
Unlike with Tability, you won't be able to iterate on the templates, but this is still a great way to get started.
Artist Team OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Artist Team. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to deliver stunning 3D art for the upcoming game
ObjectiveDeliver stunning 3D art for the upcoming game
KRObtain favorable feedback from 95% of the testing team on art quality by week 12
Collect, analyze and implement feedback from initial assessments- Improve art quality based on feedback received
- Develop detailed questionnaire for testing team about art quality
- KRFinalize concept sketches for all game characters and environments by week 4
- Allocate time daily to develop and finalize sketches
- Complete all sketches by the end of week 4
- Create detailed schedule for character and environment sketches
- KRComplete 3D modeling of at least 90% of game assets by week 8
- Monitor progress and manage modeling revisions
- Assign tasks to 3D modelers for each asset
- Finalize list of required game assets for 3D modeling
OKRs to increase performance opportunities for musicians
- ObjectiveIncrease performance opportunities for musicians
- KRSecure 3 collaborations with music festivals for musician performances
- Research and identify potential music festivals for collaboration
- Follow up on proposals and confirm collaborations
- Draft, finalize, and send performance proposal letters
- KRPartner with 10 local venues for recurring musician gigs
- Negotiate and finalize partnership agreements with selected venues
- Approach venues with partnership proposal for recurring gigs
- Research and list potentially suitable local venues for musician gigs
- KROrganize 5 live-streamed virtual concerts for global exposure
- Secure a reliable platform or service for live-streaming concerts
- Identify and book 5 artists or bands with a strong worldwide following
- Develop a global marketing and promotion strategy
OKRs to establish artists' work structure and finalize internal deadlines
- ObjectiveEstablish artists' work structure and finalize internal deadlines
- KRDocument and validate new organizational structure by week six
- Finalize and validate the structure with higher management
- Draft a detailed outline of the new organizational structure
- Gather feedback from team leads on the proposed structure
- KRDetermine and agree on final internal deadlines by week eight
- Create final deadline schedule and distribute among team
- Schedule a meeting to discuss and set deadlines
- Identify critical tasks required before week eight
- KRIdentify all artists' work processes within the first four weeks
- Review and analyze collected data for future reference
- Document and categorize each artist's unique process
- Conduct individual interviews with artists about their work processes
Artist 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
Focus can only be achieve by limiting the number of competing priorities. It is crucial that you take the time to identify where you need to move the needle, and avoid adding business-as-usual activities to your 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
Having good goals is only half the effort. You'll get significant more value from your OKRs if you commit to a weekly check-in process.
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.
How to track your Artist Team OKRs
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 a proper OKR platform to make things easier.
If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More Artist Team OKR templates
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