3 customisable OKR examples for Industry Standards

What are Industry Standards 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.

Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.

We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Industry Standards 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 Industry Standards 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.

Our customisable Industry Standards OKRs examples

You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Industry Standards. 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 achieve 100% compliance with relevant industry regulations and standards

Ensure regulatory compliance in all operations
Establish a system for continuous monitoring and reporting of compliance status
Define metrics to track compliance
Schedule regular compliance audits
Establish communication protocol for reporting
Design compliance reporting dashboard
Achieve 100% compliance with all relevant regulations and standards
Stay up-to-date with changes to regulations and standards
Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance
Provide ongoing training to employees
Implement measures to address non-compliance
Develop and implement an updated compliance training program for all employees
Launch new compliance training program online and in-person
Evaluate effectiveness of updated program through employee feedback and assessments
Conduct a needs assessment to identify compliance training gaps
Create new, engaging training materials for all job functions
Conduct a full audit of all operations and identify areas of regulatory risk
Identify gaps in compliance procedures and create action plan
Review each operation for compliance risks
Conduct training on regulations and compliance procedures
Evaluate existing controls and their effectiveness

Implement this OKR

2. OKRs to develop a comprehensive observability platform that exceeds industry standards

Develop a comprehensive observability platform that exceeds industry standards
Increase data collection efficiency by 30% through optimized instrumentation and monitoring agents
Increase user satisfaction by 20% through an intuitive and user-friendly interface
Streamline navigation by simplifying menus and reducing the number of clicks
Provide clear and concise instructions to guide users through the interface effectively
Revise interface design based on user feedback and usability best practices
Conduct user testing to identify pain points and areas for improvement
Improve system reliability by reducing incidents and downtime by 25%
Enhance employee training on system operations and troubleshooting techniques
Implement proactive monitoring to detect and fix issues before they cause incidents
Conduct regular system maintenance and updates to prevent potential downtime
Establish backup and disaster recovery protocols for quick restoration in case of incidents
Achieve 95% platform uptime to ensure continuous real-time observability for users

user-satisfaction system-reliability system-developer user-experience-designer development-team user-experience-team

Implement this OKR

3. OKRs to achieve compliance with industry standards and regulations

Attain regulatory compliance with industry standards
Pass all required audits with no major findings or violations
Achieve 100% compliance with all applicable regulations and standards
Implement and maintain a comprehensive compliance monitoring program
Train 100% of staff on updated compliance policies and procedures

compliance regulations compliance-officer legal-counsel operations-manager

Implement this OKR

Industry Standards 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 Industry Standards 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 Industry Standards 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

What's next? Try Tability's goal-setting AI

You can create an iterate on your OKRs using Tability's unique goal-setting AI.

Watch the demo below, then hop on the platform for a free trial.

Start a free trial →Learn more about Tability