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What are It Team Members 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.
Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for It Team Members 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.
The best tools for writing perfect It Team Members OKRs
Here are 2 tools that can help you draft your OKRs in no time.
Tability AI: to generate OKRs based on a prompt
Tability AI allows you to describe your goals in a prompt, and generate a fully editable OKR template in seconds.
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Click on the Generate goals using AI
- 3. Describe your goals in a prompt
- 4. Get your fully editable OKR template
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Tability Feedback: to improve existing OKRs
You can use Tability's AI feedback to improve your OKRs if you already have existing goals.
- 1. Create your Tability account
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on Generate analysis
- 4. Review the suggestions and decide to accept or dismiss them
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Tability 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.
It Team Members OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for It Team Members. 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 minimize environmental vulnerabilities significantly
ObjectiveMinimize environmental vulnerabilities significantly
KRTrain 80% of staff in vulnerability awareness and secure practices within the environment
Schedule training sessions for all staff members- Identify training providers in vulnerability awareness and secure practices
- Track staff attendance and completion of training
- KRImplement an updated, comprehensive vulnerability scanning tool across 100% of systems
- Train IT team to operationalize and maintain the scanning tool
- Procure and install the chosen scanning tool across all systems
- Identify potential vendors and shortlist a suitable vulnerability scanning tool
- KRReduce identified vulnerabilities by 50% through strategic cybersecurity measures
- Implement multi-layered defense strategies
- Conduct regular system and software vulnerability scans
- Train staff in security awareness
OKRs to enhance visibility over cloud and on-prem patchmanagement and configurations
- ObjectiveEnhance visibility over cloud and on-prem patchmanagement and configurations
- KRComplete training for IT team on latest best practices regarding configurations and patch management
- Identify relevant training programs on configurations and patch management
- Enroll IT team members in selected training courses
- Monitor team's progression and verify training completion
- KRImplement a centralized system to track and report all cloud resource configurations
- Train staff to report configurations
- Deploy the system across all cloud resources
- Identify necessary components for the centralized tracking system
- KREstablish a schedule and process for regular patch updates and audits
- Identify software and systems that require regular patching
- Determine frequency for updates and audits
- Create SOP for patch management process
OKRs to establish monthly brown bag/office hours with IT
- ObjectiveEstablish monthly brown bag/office hours with IT
- KRGenerate and distribute an agenda for each session, one week in advance
- Formulate the agenda one week prior
- Compile topics to be discussed for each session
- Distribute the agenda to all participants
- KRAchieve a minimum 80% attendance rate at each session
- Implement incentives for regular attendees
- Send out reminder notifications about upcoming sessions
- Develop engaging session content to maintain attendance interest
- KRIdentify and confirm suitable time slots with 100% of IT team members
- Send confirmation emails for chosen time slots
- Compile responses and identify common availabilities
- Send survey to IT team to select preferred time slots
OKRs to enhance SIEM visibility with robust grey area log monitoring
- ObjectiveEnhance SIEM visibility with robust grey area log monitoring
- KRAchieve 25% reduction in grey area incidents due to improved log monitoring
- Increase frequency of log reviews
- Train staff on identifying grey area incidents
- Implement an enhanced log monitoring system
- KRImplement 2 new diverse log monitoring tools for SIEM visibility enhancement
- Purchase and install the chosen log monitoring tools
- Train IT personnel on the new tools operation and maintenance
- Research and select 2 diverse log monitoring tools suitable for SIEM
- KRConduct weekly audits to ensure 100% monitoring of grey area logs by SIEM
- Schedule weekly audits to check grey area logs
- Analyze and report results from each SIEM audit
- Ensure SIEM tool is constantly tracking all grey logs
OKRs to improve IT Tech retail store deployment through automation enhancements
- ObjectiveImprove IT Tech retail store deployment through automation enhancements
- KRIncrease automation efficiency by 25% via software upgrades and tools integration
- Implement chosen software upgrades and integrate tools
- Research and select appropriate software upgrades
- Identify areas of workflow that need automation improvement
- KRTrain 90% of project team on new automation tools to boost deployment speed
- Identify qualified trainers to teach the new automation tools
- Monitor and evaluate team members' mastery of the new tools
- Schedule training sessions for all project team members
- KRReduce manual intervention in deployments by 30% by automating repetitive tasks
- Research and implement automation tools
- Train staff in using these automation tools
- Identify repetitive tasks during deployments
OKRs to implement a new CMS successfully
- ObjectiveImplement a new CMS successfully
- KRTrain and upskill DevOps team members to effectively support and maintain the CMS
- KRDecrease the average time to resolve CMS-related issues by 20%
- Conduct regular audits to identify and address recurring CMS-related issues proactively
- Implement regular training sessions for CMS support staff to enhance their technical skills
- Streamline CMS Issue Resolution Process through Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines
- Improve communication channels to expedite issue escalation and resolution
- KRCollaborate with the service partner to ensure smooth integration of the CMS
- Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of each team member involved in the integration process
- Establish a communication protocol to ensure efficient information sharing between all parties involved
- Develop a structured timeline with key milestones for the CMS integration project
- Set up regular meetings with the service partner to discuss the CMS integration progress
- KRSuccessfully deploy and configure the new CMS on the production environment
- Collaborate with IT team to ensure compatibility of CMS with existing infrastructure
- Conduct thorough testing of the new CMS on a staging environment before deployment
- Develop a detailed step-by-step deployment plan for CMS implementation
- Configure user permissions and roles in the production environment for effective CMS usage
OKRs to amplify sales of IT services and staff augmentation
- ObjectiveAmplify sales of IT services and staff augmentation
- KRImprove lead conversion rates by 10% through targeted sales initiatives
- KRUpscale IT staff augmentation sales by 20%
- Initiate upselling and cross-selling training for sales team
- Develop specialized sales pitch and strategies for upscale clients
- Identify potential markets for higher-end IT staff augmentation
- KRAchieve a 15% increase in new contract signings for IT services
- Enhance sales strategies to attract potential customers
- Develop and implement targeted marketing campaigns for IT services
- Improve service offerings based on customer feedback
It Team Members 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
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the 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
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
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.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly if you want to get all the benefits of the OKRs 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
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using Tability to save time with automated OKR dashboards, data connectors, and actionable insights.
How to get Tability dashboards:
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Use the importers to add your OKRs (works with any spreadsheet or doc)
- 3. Publish your OKR plan
That's it! Tability will instantly get access to 10+ dashboards to monitor progress, visualise trends, and identify risks early.
More It Team Members OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to conduct comprehensive market intelligence on competitors
- OKRs to meet or exceed financial and operational milestones for investor confidence
- OKRs to excel in all elements of English class
- OKRs to enhance system architecture efficiency and reliability
- OKRs to elevate company growth through improving technical interview processes
- OKRs to increase Domain authority score to 35