4 customisable OKR examples for Disaster Recovery
What are Disaster Recovery OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
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 Disaster Recovery 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.
Building your own Disaster Recovery OKRs with AI
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.
Feel free to explore our tools:
- Use our free OKR generator
- Use Tability, a complete platform to set and track OKRs and initiatives, including a GPT-4 powered goal generator
Our customisable Disaster Recovery OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Disaster Recovery. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to implement disaster recovery plan with RTO under one hour
Increase disaster recovery efficiency
Provide training on disaster recovery procedures to all relevant staff
Evaluate effectiveness of training and adjust as necessary
Identify key stakeholders for disaster recovery training
Develop customized training plan and materials
Schedule and conduct training sessions
Conduct disaster recovery test bi-monthly
Conduct test scenario walkthrough with all relevant stakeholders
Prepare disaster recovery plan documentation
Analyze results, identify gaps, and update disaster recovery plan accordingly
Execute disaster recovery test to validate plan and processes
Reduce RTO to under one hour
Improve network bandwidth and reliability
Implement automated backup system
Test Disaster Recovery Plan regularly
Increase server redundancy
Ensure all critical systems are covered in the recovery plan
Identify all critical systems
Develop recovery strategies for critical systems
Determine the impact of system downtime
Test the recovery plan for critical systems
2. OKRs to establish uninterrupted power supply for all cable and net nodes during blackouts
Establish uninterrupted power supply for all cable and net nodes during blackouts
Improve system efficiency to achieve less than 1% downtime in case of blackouts
Implement a robust uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system
Regularly test and maintain all backup systems
Develop a comprehensive disaster recovery plan
Secure procurement and installation deals of uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems for 100% of nodes
Finalize procurement contracts for necessary UPS systems
Identify potential UPS system suppliers and initiate negotiation
Organize installation of UPS systems across all nodes
Implement and test successful failover to UPS for all nodes during simulated blackout events
Schedule simulated blackout events periodically
Set up and configure UPS systems on all nodes
Monitor and document failover success during simulations
3. OKRs to enhance stability and resilience in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Enhance stability and resilience in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Improve disaster recovery success rate to 95% by enhancing resiliency plans
Develop and implement improvements to increase plan resiliency
Regularly test and adjust plans as necessary
Perform a thorough assessment of current disaster recovery plans
Reduce average client-side VDI errors by 20% through software updates and troubleshooting guides
Train clients on using troubleshooting guides
Develop comprehensive troubleshooting guides for common errors
Implement regular software updates on client-side VDI systems
Decrease system downtime by 30% through infrastructure optimization and redundancy implementation
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the existing infrastructure
Optimize system operations for improved functionality
Implement redundancy systems to assure uninterrupted operation
4. OKRs to improve the Disaster Recover process
Have a world class DR process
Increase the number of DR tests from 1 to 3 per quarter
Reduce recovery period from 24h to 12h
Reduce recovery point objective from 12 business hours to 4 business hours
Disaster Recovery 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
Focus can only be achieve by limiting the number of competing priorities. It is crucial that you take the time to identify where you need to move the needle, and avoid adding business-as-usual activities to your 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.
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Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Having good goals is only half the effort. You'll get significant more value from your OKRs if you commit to a weekly check-in process.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
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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 Disaster Recovery 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
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.
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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 Disaster Recovery OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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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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