Developers OKRs

Developers OKR examples and templates

A clear focus. Measurable progress.

Explore developers OKR examples with objectives and measurable key results. Choose an example that fits your situation, then adapt its targets to your baseline.

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What is a good developers OKR?

A good developers OKR pairs one clear objective with two to four measurable key results the team can score every week. It describes an outcome rather than a list of activities, sets targets that are ambitious but scoreable, and is reviewed weekly so blockers surface before the quarter gets away from the team.

START WITH THE OUTCOME

What does your team want to improve?

Pick a starting point. Adjust the targets to your baseline.

10 matching templates

Engineering

Eliminate high-risk tech debt over the next year

Objective

Reduce high-risk tech debt to improve system stability

  1. Conduct a thorough analysis to measure the impact of eliminating each high-risk tech debt item
  2. Outline and prioritize initiatives to eliminate each high-risk tech debt item
  3. Complete the elimination of at least 50% of high-risk tech debt items
More objectives and key results

Reduce high-risk tech debt to improve system stability

  1. Identify top 10 high-risk tech debt items
Engineering

Enforce coding standards to prevent new tech debt

Objective

Standardize coding practices for debt reduction

  1. Conduct training sessions to educate all team members
  2. Reduce tech debt backlog by 50% through enforcement of standards
  3. Develop and implement updated coding standards
More objectives and key results

Standardize coding practices for debt reduction

  1. Conduct quarterly reviews to ensure adherence to standards
OKR example

Attain great security standards

Objective

Attain great security standards

  1. All developers score 90+ in our security awareness training
  2. 100% of devices are enrolled in a Mobile Device Management system
  3. 100% of our services have a threat mitigation system in place
More objectives and key results

Attain great security standards

  1. Our policies cover 100% of the ISO 27001 requirements
OKR example

Deliver great user experience

Objective

Significantly improve the user experience through better performance

  1. Decrease the number of production exceptions by 45%
  2. Accelerate customer instance cold start time from 2min to 10s
  3. Reduce API response time from 900ms to 450ms
More objectives and key results

Significantly improve the user experience through better performance

  1. Improve NPS from 15 to 35
OKR example

Increase code quality

Objective

Demonstrate incredible standards in code quality

  1. 100% of pull requests are reviewed by 2 developers
  2. 75% of the developers have gone through QA training
  3. 100% of repositories are using code linting and static code analysis
More objectives and key results

Demonstrate incredible standards in code quality

  1. Reduce the percentage of QA-related broken builds by 60%

Example targets are illustrative. Set yours using your team's actual baseline.

MAKE IT MEANINGFUL

How to use developers OKRs

How to use these templates

Choose the developers outcome you need to improve. Record the current value, target, owner, and measurement source for each key result before starting your planning cycle.

01

Set your baseline. Check where you are today, then choose targets that stretch your team.

02

Agree on ownership. Give each key result a clear owner and a source of data.

03

Check in every week. Review the numbers, share confidence, and decide what needs attention.

KNOW WHAT TO MEASURE

The numbers behind your goals.

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