5 customisable OKR examples for Digital Transformation
What are Digital Transformation 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.
OKRs are quickly gaining popularity as a goal-setting framework. But, it's not always easy to know how to write your goals, especially if it's your first time using OKRs.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Digital Transformation to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
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While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own OKRs.
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Our customisable Digital Transformation OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Digital Transformation Objectives and Key Results, but we did not stop there. Understanding the difference between OKRs and projects is important, so we also added examples of strategic initiatives that relate to the OKRs.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to accelerate company's digital transformation journey
Accelerate company's digital transformation journey
Implement new digital tools in 2 core operational departments enhancing efficiency by 30%
Monitor and evaluate efficiency improvement after implementation- Provide relevant training for department members on the new tools
- Identify suitable digital tools to improve operations efficiency
- Train 80% of staff members on digital skills and new digital tools usage
- Identify necessary digital skills for each staff role
- Develop or procure suitable digital training programs
- Schedule and implement training for all staff
- Achieve 20% reduction in paper-dependency through digitization of major processes
- Implement digital tools for identified processes
- Identify major paper-based processes for potential digitization
- Monitor and adjust digital adoption rates
2. OKRs to enhance efficiency through digital platform integration and automation
- Enhance efficiency through digital platform integration and automation
- Successfully integrate 5 different digital platforms into the business process
- Identify platforms vital for improving business processes
- Train employees on platform usage
- Create implementation plan for each platform
- Increase process efficiency by 35% through the implemented automation
- Implement and optimize selected automation tools
- Monitor, measure and adjust automation for efficiency
- Review current processes for potential automation opportunities
- Reduce manual errors by 40% using the automated system
- Train staff on proper use and maintenance of automation system
- Implement error detection software in all business operations
- Monitor and evaluate the system’s effectiveness regularly
3. OKRs to transform IT into a driving force for digital evolution
- Transform IT into a driving force for digital evolution
- Achieve a 25% improvement in efficiency by digitizing two major business processes
- Evaluate and optimize efficiency post-digitization
- Implement digital systems within these processes
- Identify two major business processes for digitization
- Implement at least 3 new cutting-edge digital tech tools in our workflow
- Conduct training sessions for the team
- Develop implementation strategy for new tools
- Identify suitable digital tech tools for our operations
- Upskill 80% of IT staff with the latest digital transformation methodologies and tools
- Develop comprehensive training programs for IT staff
- Implement and monitor the training program progress regularly
- Identify key digital transformation methodologies and tools necessary for upskilling
4. OKRs to enhance and streamline Board operations
- Enhance and streamline Board operations
- Develop and adopt a comprehensive Board governance framework
- Secure Board approval and implement the framework
- Create a custom board governance framework plan
- Research existing governance frameworks for benchmarking
- Improve Board communication channels, achieving 100% Director satisfaction rate
- Establish an effective, streamlined communication system
- Implement regular, structured meetings for all board members
- Conduct satisfaction surveys to gauge director feedback
- Increase Board meeting efficiencies by 20% through adoption of digital tools
- Provide training on utilization of digital tools for presentations
- Implement a digital scheduling system for coordinating board meetings
- Introduce digital voting platform for decision-making
5. OKRs to streamline vendor management for efficient cost savings and digitalized P2P process
- Streamline vendor management for efficient cost savings and digitalized P2P process
- Reduce vendor costs by 15% through negotiation and strategic sourcing
- Develop and implement strategic sourcing strategies with chosen vendors
- Identify all current vendor contracts and review cost details
- Prioritize vendors for renegotiation based on potential cost savings
- Improve P2P process turnaround time by 30%, leveraging digital tools and automation
- Train staff on efficient use of new automation tools
- Optimize P2P process workflow with AI-powered tooling
- Implement digital systems to automate invoice generation and payment
- Achieve 90% digitalization of P2P processes to enhance operational efficiency
- Implement digital software platforms for P2P interactions
- Monitor and evaluate digitalization progress regularly
- Train staff on digital P2P process management
Digital Transformation 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
Having too many OKRs is the #1 mistake that teams make when adopting the framework. The problem with tracking too many competing goals is that it will be hard for your team to know what really matters.
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 OKRsTip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Setting good goals can be challenging, but without regular check-ins, your team will struggle to make progress. We recommend that you track your OKRs weekly to get the full benefits from the framework.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparencyTip #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 Digital Transformation OKRs in a strategy map
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the benefits from the 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 OKRsIf 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 Digital Transformation OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to establish robust security controls for DHS/ATO and NATO contracts
- OKRs to enhance accountability and coordination in onboarding and calls
- OKRs to enhance leadership skills through online learning and practical application
- OKRs to boost the sales pipeline in Portugal
- OKRs to enhance service efficiency and transformation via innovation and benchmarking
- OKRs to increase active members count from 5 to 100
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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