15 customisable OKR examples for Documentation
What are Documentation 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 Documentation 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.
Building your own Documentation OKRs with AI
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own OKRs.
Our customisable Documentation OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Documentation 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!
1. OKRs to streamline and enhance documentation retrieval and maintenance process
Streamline and enhance documentation retrieval and maintenance process
Implement 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
- Decrease 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
- Increase 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
2. OKRs to implement AI to streamline documentation search and maintenance process
- Implement AI to streamline documentation search and maintenance process
- Integrate an AI-driven documentation search system with 90% accuracy within next quarter
- Procure an AI-driven documentation search system
- Implement and configure the system
- Train, test, and refine AI for 90% accuracy
- Reduce the time spent on documentation maintenance by 50% adopting AI
- Implement chosen AI tool into the workflow
- Research AI tools specialized in documentation maintenance
- Train staff to use AI software efficiently
- Train 100% of the team on the usage of AI tool for effective documentation access
- Schedule training sessions for all team members
- Follow up to ensure complete understanding
- Select appropriate AI tool for documentation access
3. OKRs to improve documentation utilization
- Improve documentation utilization
- Increase average time spent on reading documentation by 15 minutes per week
- Create a user-friendly index for easy navigation within the documentation
- Incorporate interactive elements such as quizzes to engage readers in the documentation
- Use visual aids like diagrams and infographics to enhance comprehension of the content
- Provide concise and relevant examples throughout the documentation to clarify concepts
- Utilize documentation for problem resolution in at least 80% of complex cases
- Ensure that comprehensive documentation is easily accessible and organized for reference
- Regularly update and maintain documentation to reflect the latest information and procedures
- Train employees on effectively utilizing documentation for problem resolution
- Implement a system to track and monitor the usage of documentation for problem resolution
- Receive positive feedback on increased documentation utilization from peer or manager
- Set achievable goals for increasing documentation utilization and track progress
- Share updated documentation with peers and manager regularly
- Request feedback and suggestions on the usefulness and clarity of the documentation
- Encourage peers to utilize the documentation by highlighting its benefits
- Complete at least 4 online courses related to documentation and knowledge management
- Enroll in each of the selected courses and complete the required modules and assignments
- Choose 4 online courses that cover different aspects of documentation and knowledge management
- Take notes and apply acquired knowledge to improve current documentation and knowledge management practices
- Search for online platforms offering courses related to documentation and knowledge management
4. OKRs to achieve unparalleled expertise as a VA and documentation specialist
- Achieve unparalleled expertise as a VA and documentation specialist
- Complete advanced training in VA skills and documentation techniques with 90% score
- Regularly review course material for mastery understanding
- Enroll in a course for advanced VA skills and documentation techniques
- Achieve a 90% or higher score on final assessment
- Receive positive feedback of 95% or higher from all clients and team members
- Request and address feedback promptly and effectively
- Conduct regular training to improve work quality
- Deliver high-quality work consistently for all team members and clients
- Successfully complete and deliver 100% of assigned projects error-free
- Deliver all completed projects on time
- Regularly proofread work, ensuring error-free output
- Establish a structured project timeline and defined goals
5. OKRs to complete Mid-Office documentation in Confluence
- Complete Mid-Office documentation in Confluence
- Review, edit and finalise all documentation by end of the quarter
- Organize and sort all necessary documentation
- Review and edit all gathered documents
- Finalize and approve all reviewed documents
- Outline and organize all necessary documentation topics by end of first month
- Create an outline for each documentation topic
- Identify all potential documentation topics needed
- Organize topics into a structured order
- Draft at least 75% of the total pages by end of second month
- Create a detailed outline to streamline drafting
- Regularly review and revise what has been drafted
- Allocate daily writing hours to meet the 75% draft goal
6. OKRs to enhance the quality and comprehensibility of technical documentation
- Enhance the quality and comprehensibility of technical documentation
- Improve user-satisfaction score regarding documentation clarity by 25%
- Revise and simplify technical language in existing documentation
- Collect user feedback regularly to pinpoint confusion
- Input visual aids to enhance document comprehensibility
- Increase documentation completeness by 30%
- Conduct comprehensive review of existing documents for gaps
- Allocate resources for completing incomplete documents
- Establish system to maintain document updates
- Conduct bi-weekly documentation review and update to ensure current and error-free information
- Evaluate and rectify any errors in the documentation
- Update outdated sections of the document
- Set a bi-weekly schedule for documentation reviews
- Reduce customer support queries about product functionality by 20%
- Conduct regular user experience testing for feedback
- Launch an online FAQ page on product functionality
- Improve product user manual for clarity and comprehensiveness
7. OKRs to successful migration of sales reports from Metabase to Cube.js
- Successful migration of sales reports from Metabase to Cube.js
- Complete migration and validate data integrity for all reports by week 10
- Convert 50% of longitudinal sales reports to Cube.js by week 6
- Identify and document all features needed in Cube.js by the second week
- Analyze and prioritize each feature's necessity
- Write detailed documentation for each feature
- List all required features for Cube.js
8. OKRs to enhance expertise as a productive documentation specialist
- Enhance expertise as a productive documentation specialist
- Achieve 95% positive feedback score for clarity and precision in produced documents
- Initiate mandatory review cycles for all work
- Conduct regular precision and clarity trainings
- Implement proofreading and editing system for all documents
- Improve document retrieval time by 30% through optimizing documentation system
- Research optimized documentation software options
- Implement chosen software and provide staff training
- Review current documentation system for inefficiencies
- Complete two accredited courses on advanced document management and control by end of quarter
- Identify suitable accredited courses on advanced document management
- Enroll in selected courses immediately
- Complete coursework and exams by deadline
9. OKRs to improve and upkeep query resolution documentation system
- Improve and upkeep query resolution documentation system
- Reduce unresolved documentation queries by 30%
- Provide regular training sessions for staff on resolving queries
- Implement an effective documentation-query response system
- Improve clarity and details in existing documentation
- Implement a routine system check and maintenance every week
- Create a routine maintenance checklist
- Assign system check responsibilities to IT staff
- Schedule a weekly system check in the IT calendar
- Increase system update frequency to 100% every two weeks
- Implement automatic update software across the system
- Allocate resources for continuous system testing
- Develop a biweekly schedule for system updates
10. OKRs to ensure complete quality documentation for all factory hardware
- Ensure complete quality documentation for all factory hardware
- Implement a regular document review process covering all hardware within the quarter
- Schedule regular review sessions
- Assign responsibilities to the review team
- Develop a checklist for the hardware document review
- Verify current documentation for 100% of hardware equipment within two weeks
- Obtain and review current documentation
- Ensure documents cover entire hardware inventory
- Identify all existing hardware equipment
- Correct and update 100% of identified outdated or inaccurate hardware quality documents
- Update and verify all corrected documents
- Identify all outdated or inaccurate hardware quality documents
- Correct inaccuracies in the identified documents
11. OKRs to enhance soft skill proficiency for effective project documentation
- Enhance soft skill proficiency for effective project documentation
- Complete 4 industry-standard soft skill enhancement courses
- Research and select four relevant industry-standard soft skill courses
- Enroll in selected courses and gather necessary materials
- Finish and pass all four courses successfully
- Obtain 90% or above in comprehensive project documentation skill test
- Review existing project documentation thoroughly
- Take online courses for project documentation skills
- Practice writing concise, clear project reports
- Participate in 3 real-time project documentation exercises
12. OKRs to streamline policy and clinical documentation variations
- Streamline policy and clinical documentation variations
- Conduct thorough audits on 80% of existing policy and clinical documentation
- Create strategic plan for selecting policies to audit
- Start the documentation auditing process
- Train auditing team on documentation appraisal
- Implement upgrades or improvements in 70% of identified discrepancy areas
- Develop plan for implementing necessary upgrades
- Prioritize identified discrepancies based on impact
- Execute improvements in selected discrepancy areas
- Increase compliance in documentation alignment by 50% through targeted staff training
- Develop focused training programs on documentation compliance
- Provide feedback and ongoing support for improved alignment
- Implement regular compliance checks on staff documentation
13. OKRs to improve procurement documentation through thorough auditing
- Improve procurement documentation through thorough auditing
- Propose and implement 3 efficiency-enhancing modifications to the document auditing system
- Implement the proposed system modifications
- Develop efficiency-enhancing modifications for the system
- Identify inefficiencies in the current document auditing system
- Conduct audits on 100% of free procurement documents weekly
- Schedule weekly audits for these documents
- Identify all free procurement documents for the week
- Review and report on audit findings
- Detect and report at least 90% of inaccuracies or discrepancies in audited documents
- Report detected inaccuracies promptly
- Establish a detection method for document inaccuracies
- Analyze 100% of audited documents systematically
14. OKRs to achieve production readiness for MassBalancer ISCC EU feature
- Achieve production readiness for MassBalancer ISCC EU feature
- Ensure 100% documentation of the MassBalancer ISCC EU feature for user reference
- Identify gaps in the current documentation
- Review existing documentation on the MassBalancer ISCC EU feature
- Update or create necessary documents to fill in gaps
- Complete all necessary development tasks associated with the MassBalancer ISCC EU feature
- Finalize the code for the MassBalancer ISCC EU feature
- Test the feature for efficiency and bug fixes
- Release and integrate the feature into the main software platform
- Successfully conduct beta testing for MassBalancer ISCC EU with zero critical issues
- Set up and distribute MassBalancer ISCC EU to selected beta testers
- Identify and resolve any critical issues immediately
- Regularly monitor and collect feedback from beta testers
15. OKRs to implement client service and review process
- Implement client service and review process
- Train all customer service representatives on the implemented process
- Develop a comprehensive training program on the implemented process
- Monitor and assess representatives' understanding and application of the process
- Schedule training sessions for all customer service representatives
- Achieve 95% satisfaction rate in client service reviews
- Create initiatives to promptly resolve client issues
- Regularly monitor and analyze customer feedback
- Implement comprehensive customer service training for all staff
- Develop client service and review process documentation by next month
- Draft, review and finalize documentation
- Gather necessary information and detail service procedures
- Determine needed documents for client service and review process
Documentation OKR best practices to boost success
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
Having too many OKRs is the #1 mistake that teams make when adopting the framework. The problem with tracking too many competing goals is that it will be hard for your team to know what really matters.
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.
Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRsTip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Setting good goals can be challenging, but without regular check-ins, your team will struggle to make progress. We recommend that you track your OKRs weekly to get the full benefits from the framework.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparencyTip #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 turn your Documentation OKRs in a strategy map
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.
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsIf 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 Documentation OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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- OKRs to achieve timely completion of all monthly billing
- OKRs to enhance user experience for our new ERP system
- OKRs to ensure shadow IT alignment with corporate policy
- OKRs to implement a comprehensive new HR portal for employees
- OKRs to accelerate service transformation through innovation and benchmarking
OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples
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