2 customisable OKR examples for Contracts Team

What are Contracts Team 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.

Writing good OKRs can be hard, especially if it's your first time doing it. You'll need to center the focus of your plans around outcomes instead of projects.

We have curated a selection of OKR examples specifically for Contracts Team to assist you. Feel free to explore the templates below for inspiration in setting your own goals.

If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.

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Our customisable Contracts Team OKRs examples

You will find in the next section many different Contracts Team Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).

Hope you'll find this helpful!

1. OKRs to establish robust security controls for DHS/ATO and NATO contracts

Establish robust security controls for DHS/ATO and NATO contracts
Conduct quarterly maintenance on all the security controls and document findings
Document observations and any maintenance executed
Review all security control systems thoroughly
Perform necessary maintenance on security controls
Implement 5 new security measures aligned with DHS/ATO requirements by a 100%
Identify potential security measures that align with DHS/ATO requirements
Implement and test the newly identified security measures
Review existing security measures for any DHS/ATO non-compliance
Achieve zero security breaches related to the NATO contracts information
Implement strong encryption on all NATO-related digital communication
Train staff in counter-intelligence and data protection practices
Regularly perform rigorous security audits and fix vulnerabilities

Implement this OKR

2. OKRs to secure two contracts with value at least $300,000

Secure two contracts with value at least $300,000
Successfully negotiate and close at least two contracts valued above $150,000 each
Research and identify potential high-value clients
Develop customized proposals for each client
Conduct persuasive negotiation meetings
Conduct 30 business proposal presentations for potential clients
Schedule and execute 30 presentations
Create and refine business proposal presentations
Identify and research 30 potential clients for proposals
Identify and reach out to 50 potential clients by the end of the quarter
Send outreach messages to each potential client
Draft a personalized outreach message for each contact
Create a list of 50 potential clients relevant to our business

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Implement this OKR

Contracts Team 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

The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.

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 OKRs

Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins

Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.

Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.

Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparency

Tip #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 Contracts Team OKRs in a strategy map

Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order to get all the benefits of the OKRs 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

Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.

Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRs

If 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 Contracts Team OKR templates

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.

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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