Developed by Andrew S. Grove at Intel (High Output Management, 1983) and carried to Google and beyond by John Doerr (Measure What Matters, 2018).
Sets a few qualitative objectives, each with three to five measurable key results, shares them openly across the organization, and grades them every quarter.
When to reach for it
When a growing organization's teams are pulling in different directions and its goals need to be both ambitious and measurable.
How it runs
- Set three to five qualitative objectives.
- Give each three to five measurable key results.
- Have teams set OKRs aligned to those above.
- Publish every OKR across the organization.
- Check progress weekly, and grade at quarter end.
- Keep the grades apart from performance reviews.
Where it sits in SOLVE eX
Go to the source
- High Output Management, Random House, 1983
- Measure What Matters, Portfolio, 2018