A starting point for clearer priorities and measurable progress. Make the targets your own.
Increase Apdex above 0.95
Reduce build time to be under 5 minutes
Our stress tests show that we can support 10,000 concurrent users
Set your baseline. Check where you are today, then choose targets that stretch your team.
Agree on ownership. Give each key result a clear owner and a source of data.
Check in every week. Review the numbers, share confidence, and decide what needs attention.
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Engineering OKR example
Suggested timeframe: Set with your team
1 objective · 3 key results
Example targets. Adapt to your baseline before you start.---
title: Improve engineering performance and reliability
objectives:
- title: Build a world-class infrastructure
outcomes:
- title: Increase Apdex above 0.95
from: 0.89
to: 0.95
score_format: _number_ Apdex
initiatives:
- title: Cache requests wherever possible
- title: Identify and resolve to 5 application bottlenecks
- title: Reduce build time to be under 5 minutes
from: 25.0
to: 5.0
score_format: _number_ mins
initiatives:
- title: Audit test suite to reduce duplicates
- title: Switch to a more performing build infrastructure
- title: Our stress tests show that we can support 10,000 concurrent users
from: 5000.0
to: 10000.0
score_format: _number_ concurrent users
initiatives: []
Significantly increase the speed of our development cycle
Significantly improve the user experience through better performance
Enhance product quality and decrease bugs