15 customisable OKR examples for Project Development
What are Project Development 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 Development 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 Project Development 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 Project Development OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Project Development 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 cultivate exceptional leadership character traits
Cultivate exceptional leadership character traits
Implement learned skills in three real projects, receiving positive feedback on each
Seek and incorporate feedback from project stakeholders- Replicate process for subsequent two projects
- Apply learned skills on first project
- Complete two leadership development courses with a score of 90% or higher
- Research and select two relevant leadership development courses
- Commit to regular study to comprehend course material
- Take final assessments aiming for 90% score or higher
- Organize five workshops to teach, gather feedback and improve leadership traits
- Identify potential experts to lead leadership workshops
- Develop workshop curriculum based on leadership traits
- Plan a comprehensive feedback collection system
2. OKRs to participate in project formulation and business case development
- Participate in project formulation and business case development
- Contribute towards developing 2 business cases impacting project decisions
- Identify key objectives for each proposed business case
- Lay out potential impacts on project decisions
- Prepare detailed presentations summarizing each case
- Gain proficient understanding of 4 unique business case models
- Research and study 4 diverse business case models
- Analyze strengths and weaknesses of each model
- Apply learned concepts to real-world business scenarios
- Engage in 3 distinct project formulation processes by end of the quarter
- Identify potential projects to formulate
- Outline the key objectives for each project
- Finalize and document all project plans
3. OKRs to boost profitability of innovative projects
- Boost profitability of innovative projects
- Achieve 20% increase in revenue from innovative projects
- Execute innovative projects with high profitability potential
- Develop unique, practical ideas for potential projects
- Implement research on trending market and customer needs
- Secure 10 high-value partnerships for collaborative innovation projects
- Research and identify potential high-value partnership opportunities
- Initiate engagement and negotiation processes with potential partners
- Craft detailed and enticing partnership proposals
- Enhance project visibility by 50% through targeted marketing efforts
- Allocate resources for prominent online ad spaces
- Develop compelling marketing content to attract audience
- Identify key demographic for targeted marketing strategies
4. OKRs to implement operational excellence in product development
- Implement operational excellence in product development
- Train 100% of development team on Lean Six Sigma tools by quarter end
- Provide training material to all team members
- Schedule Lean Six Sigma training sessions for the team
- Confirm all team members complete the training
- Reduce product development cycle time by 20%
- Provide employee training on rapid prototyping techniques
- Implement efficient project management methodologies
- Streamline approval processes and eliminate unnecessary steps
- Introduce 3 new metrics to monitor operational efficiency in product development process
- Implement tracking systems for chosen metrics
- Identify potential metrics for tracking operational efficiency
- Train team on understanding and utilizing new metrics
5. OKRs to secure a leadership role within the company
- Secure a leadership role within the company
- Successfully lead three major projects to completion with positive feedback
- Identify key objectives for each of the three major projects
- Monitor progress, address issues and ensure all projects meet/exceed expectations
- Assign responsibilities and establish timelines for project completion
- Achieve a score of 90% or above in internal leadership competency assessment
- Practice situational leadership through role play activities
- Review past assessment feedback and identify areas for improvement
- Attend relevant training workshops for boosting leadership skills
- Attend and actively participate in at least four leadership training workshops
- Complete post-workshop assignments or takeaways for review
- Schedule time for active participation in each workshop
- Research and register for four relevant leadership training workshops
6. OKRs to foster rapid and secure high-quality code development
- Foster rapid and secure high-quality code development
- Increase code reviews to ensure 100% implementation of security protocols
- Implement automated code review tools for security compliance
- Schedule regular code review sessions with team members
- Provide training on security protocol standards during code reviews
- Implement a standardized coding style guide across all projects by quarter end
- Develop a comprehensive coding style guide
- Enforce guide compliance in project reviews
- Communicate the guide to all developers
- Decrease the development cycle by 30% through effective work methodologies
- Regularly update and optimize software tools for improved efficiency
- Adopt test-driven development to reduce debugging time
- Implement agile project management for quicker iteration cycles
7. OKRs to boost success through strategic Partnerships & Collaborations
- Boost success through strategic Partnerships & Collaborations
- Implement joint projects with at least two existing partners to increase shared value
- Initiate project roll-outs with the identified partners
- Develop project plans, including shared responsibilities
- Identify potential shared value projects with current partners
- Form a minimum of 3 new strategic partnerships with clear mutual benefits
- Initiate contact and begin negotiations
- Identifying potential partners aligning with our business goals
- Drafting proposal highlighting mutual benefits
- Increase partnership satisfaction rate to over 90% through timely communication and mutual support
8. OKRs to cultivate and leverage leaders with innovative ideas for organizational growth
- Cultivate and leverage leaders with innovative ideas for organizational growth
- Identify 10 potential leaders through proven leadership discovery methodologies
- Select 10 potential leaders from results
- Research proven leadership discovery methodologies
- Apply methodologies to identify potential leaders
- Substantiate 5 new emergent ideas proposed by the identified leaders
- Research the feasibility and potential impact of the new ideas
- Arrange meetings with the leaders to discuss their proposed ideas
- Prepare detailed reports supporting these emergent concepts
- Achieve a 20% increase in innovative project implementations lead by these leaders
- Implement training programs focused on innovation
- Encourage risk-taking and idea experimentation
- Organize regular creative brainstorming sessions with leaders
9. OKRs to enhance efficiency and productivity in development within the team
- Enhance efficiency and productivity in development within the team
- Improve problem-solving capabilities by 40% in resolving coding issues
- Seek mentorship from senior coders for guidance
- Practice resolving issues with more complex code
- Enroll in advanced coding and problem-solving workshops
- Deliver four high-quality projects within agreed upon timelines and standards
- Maintain continual progress monitoring for quality assurance
- Establish clear timelines and standards for each project
- Implement effective communication amongst project team members
- Increase engagement and participation in weekly team development reviews by 100%
- Send reminder notifications prior to weekly development review meetings
- Incentivize active participation with rewards recognizing valuable input
- Ensure agenda topics are relevant and engaging for all team members
10. OKRs to enhance technical proficiency and efficiency in software development
- Enhance technical proficiency and efficiency in software development
- Improve code efficiency by reducing average debugging time by 25%
- Implement regular peer code reviews to catch errors early
- Provide training on more advanced debugging tools
- Adopt test-driven development practices
- Complete four advanced programming courses relevant to job role
- Enroll in the identified courses
- Identify four advanced programming courses relevant to job role
- Consistently engage in coursework until completion
- Implement at least three new features in the ongoing project, positively impacting user experience
- Identify three potential enhancements based on user feedback
- Code and test the new features thoroughly
- Deploy updates and collect user feedback
11. OKRs to cultivate an efficient, productive team atmosphere
- Cultivate an efficient, productive team atmosphere
- Enhance skills through training, aiming for a 30% improvement in overall proficiency
- Plan and structure a comprehensive training program
- Monitor progress and adjust training based on results
- Identify areas lacking proficiency for targeted training
- Increase team's project completion rate by 15%
- Establish clear, measurable project goals and deadlines
- Enhance team members' project management skills through training
- Implement regular team progress meetings for status updates
- Reduce decision-making time by 20% through optimized communication
- Utilize technological tools for streamlined communication
- Implement clear communication guidelines within the team
- Provide training on effective decision-making processes
12. OKRs to decrease time from idea to product deliverables
- Decrease time from idea to product deliverables
- Reduce the average time spent on idea validation by 20%
- Streamline the idea validation process to eliminate unnecessary steps
- Conduct regular brainstorming sessions to generate and validate ideas collectively
- Utilize rapid prototyping to gauge user interest and validate ideas more efficiently
- Implement a feedback mechanism to quickly evaluate the viability of ideas
- Improve project planning to ensure timely completion of all deliverables
- Regularly track progress and provide feedback to address potential delays promptly
- Implement agile project management methodologies to adapt and adjust plans efficiently
- Assign responsibilities and ensure the team understands the scope and requirements
- Break down project into smaller tasks with clear deadlines for each deliverable
- Increase efficiency in the product development process by streamlining workflows
- Enhance cross-team collaboration to minimize bottlenecks and accelerate decision-making
- Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and timelines to streamline decision-making processes
- Implement regular cross-team meetings to share updates and coordinate efforts effectively
- Foster a collaborative culture by encouraging open communication and sharing of ideas
- Create a centralized platform for sharing documents and information to improve access and transparency
13. OKRs to successfully implement a new importer tool
- Successfully implement a new importer tool
- Complete development and initial testing for the tool within eight weeks
- Schedule and allocate work hours for tool development
- Finalize development by end of week eight
- Perform initial testing within the seventh week
- Finalize tool design and specifications within the first four weeks
- Review existing tool design and make necessary modifications
- Obtain approval for finalized design and specifications
- Determine precise tool specifications
- Achieve successful deployment and integration into the system within twelve weeks
- Develop a detailed project roadmap for system deployment and integration
- Conduct weekly progress checks to identify potential roadblocks early
- Assign roles and allocate resources to ensure workload distribution
14. OKRs to elevate team agility and uphold quality
- Elevate team agility and uphold quality
- Increase sprint completion rate by 15%
- Implement daily stand ups to monitor project progress
- Implement strict deadline policies
- Provide sprint-specific training to the team
- Implement monthly training sessions to raise Agile standards by 20%
- Schedule regular training sessions with team
- Track progress and improvements post-training
- Develop comprehensive Agile training curriculum
- Reduce project delivery delays by 25%
- Conduct regular check-ins to monitor progress
- Implement strict project management methodologies
- Assign clear, realistic deadlines for all tasks
15. OKRs to to excel in autonomous project management
- To excel in autonomous project management
- Complete 100% of projects within the designated timeframe and budget
- Prioritize projects based on deadlines and budget parameters
- Consistently monitor progress towards project goals
- Efficiently manage resources and time allocation
- Implement 3 new innovative project management methods to improve efficiency
- Research latest innovative project management methodologies
- Select and plan implementation of three methods
- Train staff on new techniques and monitor efficiency impacts
- Improve project success rate by 20% through streamlined decision making
- Review and revise current project management processes
- Invest in decision-making training for project leads
- Implement a clear decision-making hierarchy within project teams
Project Development 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 Project Development OKRs in a strategy map
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 a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.
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 Project Development OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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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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