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What are Project Alignment OKRs?
The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.
Creating impactful OKRs can be a daunting task, especially for newcomers. Shifting your focus from projects to outcomes is key to successful planning.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Project Alignment 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 Project Alignment 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.
Project Alignment OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Project Alignment. 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 enhance stakeholder synergy and expedite strategic initiatives
ObjectiveEnhance stakeholder synergy and expedite strategic initiatives
KRArrange and conduct at least 6 collaborative meetings with key stakeholders
List and identify six key stakeholders for collaboration- Develop and present meeting agendas for comprehensive discussions
- Schedule meetings with stakeholders at convenient times
- KRDevelop a process for monitoring project timelines and achieving 90% on-time completion
- Review progress regularly and adjust plans as needed
- Establish project deadlines and key milestones
- Implement a project management tracking system
- KRObtain feedback from stakeholders to increase project alignment by 20%
- Analyze the collected feedback and identify alignment opportunities
- Schedule individual meetings for more in-depth feedback
- Design and distribute a survey to stakeholders for their project feedback
OKRs to enhance HR's strategic partnership with business units
- ObjectiveEnhance HR's strategic partnership with business units
- KRReduce turnover rate by 15% through retention strategies
- Develop a comprehensive employee benefits and incentives program
- Implement systematic periodical employee performance reviews and promotions
- Facilitate consistent team building activities and trainings
- KRImprove employee engagement score by 20% through HR initiatives
- Implement regular team-building exercises and events
- Conduct workplace culture improvement workshops
- Enhance communication channels for employee feedback
- KRImplement 3 new HR-related business alignment projects with positive feedback
- Execute the three chosen HR business alignment projects
- Identify potential HR-related alignment projects
- Gather feedback using post-implementation surveys
OKRs to achieve harmony with team and company objectives
- ObjectiveAchieve harmony with team and company objectives
- KRIdentify and understand 3 company objectives by interacting with leadership and peers
- Schedule meetings with company leadership and peers
- Research and review collected information for understanding
- Ask specific questions about company objectives
- KRIntegrate team goals into 4 projects aligned with company objectives
- Identify company objectives relevant to the planned projects
- Define team goals complementing those objectives
- Incorporate the identified goals into each project plan
- KRAchieve 90% of team KPIs in a manner that supports overall company objectives
- Identify and align team KPIs with overarching company goals
- Implement consistent, performance-enhancing strategies for team
- Regularly monitor and assess team's progress towards KPIs
Project Alignment 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.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the 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
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 Project Alignment OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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