“In Radical Focus Christina Wodtke explains the concept of OKRs — Objectives and Key Results — these are a process for identifying the most important goals for an organisation [or individual] and aligning objectives towards achieving them alongside measurable targets [Key Results] that can be regularly reported upon. Initially introduced by Intel but now widely used by internet-age companies like Google, LinkedIn and Twitter.”
(Matt Jukes)
Here my sketchnote on the contents of the book.
I like the idea of OKRs because they offer a structured progress towards achieving your goals without losing sight of the bigger picture. I want to try this out. How can I practice?
I found out how here and here.
So I’m feeling fairly confident to set up my own personal OKRs now.
But what about work? How do you set um OKRs in an already agile environment? Lets see what we can find on the subject…
source: https://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-goals-okr
Wait what? This borders on blasphemy! But taking a step back it does make sense:
Ok, so OKRs complement Agile:
Next to find out how exactly to implement OKRs alongside scrum WITHOUT adding to the load of meetings we already have…
Any Ideas?
First published in Swisscom Intranet in Februar 2020
