OKRs

A 5 minute lightning talk introducing OKRs to the wider iPlayer engineering team. For a good introduction, have a look at https://library.gv.com/how-google-sets-goals-okrs-a1f69b0b72c7.

Transcript

1. OKR
2. OBJECTIVES & KEY RESULTS
3. QUARTERLY OBJECTIVES
4. MEASURABLE RESULTS
5. Objective: Improve my public speaking skills Key results: • Deliver 2 lightning talks by the end of September • Present the benefits of using a hosted npm service to the head of the Platform team • Run an introduction to iBL for all new starters to the team • Present our work on live episodes at the BBC technology graduation event
6. FOCUS
7. ORGANISATION + TEAM + PERSONAL
8. ORGANISATION + TEAM + PERSONAL
9. PUBLIC
10. NOT ABOUT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
11. BECOMING A BETTER [TEAM|PERSON]
12. OBJECTIVES
13. CHALLENGING
14. UNCOMFORTABLE
15. 3-5 OBJECTIVES PER QUARTER
16. ALIGN WITH THE NEXT LEVEL UP
17. ORGANISATION TEAM PERSONAL
18. KEY RESULTS
19. 3-4 KEY RESULTS PER OBJECTIVE
20. OBJECTIVES: WHAT KEY RESULTS: HOW
21. MEASURABLE
22. NUMERICAL (IDEALLY)
23. Objective: Increase the number of weekly signed-in users by 20% Key results: • Run four experiments to learn what causes an uplift in signed-in users • Implement the two most successful experiments in the live product • Work with marketing to launch a social-media campaign promoting sign-in by the start of December
24. GRADING
25. OKRS GRADED AT THE END OF THE QUARTER
26. GRADE KEY RESULTS 0.0 - 1.0
27. AIM FOR 0.7-0.8
28. AVERAGE KRs FOR EACH OBJECTIVE
29. Objective: Increase the number of weekly signed-in users by 20% 0.6 Key results: • Run four experiments to learn what causes an uplift in signed-in users 0.8 • Implement the two most successful experiments on the live site 0.5 • Work with marketing to launch a social-media campaign promoting sign-in by the start of December 0.5
30. DON’T AVERAGE OBJECTIVE SCORES
31. Q1 OKRs Q2 OKRs Q3 OKRs Q4 OKRs JANUARY APRIL JULY OCTOBER
32. REVIEW Q3 OKRs SEPTEMBER OCBTOBER BRAINSTORM Q4 OKRs CONFIRM Q4 OKRs
33. LEARNINGS
34. KEY RESULTS REQUIRE PLANNING
35. KEY RESULTS SHOULD BE POSSIBLE
36. BE WARY OF KEY RESULTS OUTSIDE YOUR IMMEDIATE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
37. PLAN YOUR QUARTER AND CHECK IN REGULARLY
38. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE BY DECEMBER?