4 customisable OKR examples for Lean
What are Lean 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 Lean 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 Lean 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 Lean OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Lean. 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 enhance maturity and adoption of lean/scaled Agile delivery practices
Enhance maturity and adoption of lean/scaled Agile delivery practices
Confirm 85% staff satisfaction with the transition to Agile practices via survey
Analyze the received feedback for satisfaction rate- Develop a clear and concise survey measuring Agile practice satisfaction
- Distribute the survey to all staff members
- Achieve 25% productivity increase through lean/Agile methodologies implementation
- Identify areas for process optimization using lean/Agile methodologies
- Monitor and adjust strategies for continuous productivity improvement
- Implement selected lean/Agile practices in those identified areas
- Implement lean/scaled Agile training for 90% of delivery team members
- Track team members’ progress post-training
- Schedule training for 90% of the team members
- Identify appropriate Agile training program for delivery team
2. OKRs to transform company with lean and agile focus
- Transform company with lean and agile focus
- Increase customer satisfaction by delivering products and services faster through agile development
- Conduct regular customer satisfaction surveys to collect feedback and identify areas for improvement
- Set achievable and aggressive timelines for each project to ensure faster product and service delivery
- Implement agile development process to streamline product and service delivery workflows
- Invest in employee training and development to enhance skills and productivity in agile development
- Increase employee engagement by implementing lean and agile practices for better collaboration
- Establish cross-functional teams to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing among employees
- Conduct training sessions on lean and agile practices for all employees
- Implement regular feedback loops and communication channels to foster open dialogues between employees and management
- Recognize and reward employees who actively participate in lean and agile practices
- Reduce operational waste by implementing lean principles and achieving measurable efficiency improvements
- Monitor progress regularly through key performance indicators and adjust strategies as needed
- Conduct a waste assessment to identify areas with potential for improvement
- Streamline processes by eliminating non-value added activities and optimizing workflows
- Develop a lean implementation plan with clear goals, roles, and responsibilities
- Improve team performance by conducting regular agile training and implementing continuous improvement practices
- Develop and implement strategies for continuous improvement based on analysis results
- Implement a system for gathering feedback and suggestions from team members
- Analyze team performance data and identify areas for improvement
- Schedule regular agile training sessions for the team
3. OKRs to streamline and enhance efficiency in a specific work lane
- Streamline and enhance efficiency in a specific work lane
- Increase staff productivity by 20% with relevant training and tools
- Implement tailored training programs addressing identified gaps
- Provide necessary tools and resources for upskilling
- Identify specific skill gaps among the current staff
- Reduce error rate by 15% through standardized procedures
- Regularly monitor and evaluate procedure adherence and effectiveness
- Provide training and guidance on new standardized procedures
- Develop comprehensive, standardized procedures for all operations
- Decrease process completion time by 35% through the implementation of lean principles
- Implement lean principles to streamline flow
- Identify inefficiencies in the current process
- Measure, evaluate, and adjust for improvements
4. OKRs to enhance continuous improvement processes
- Enhance continuous improvement processes
- Implement 3 new process improvements based on feedback and data analysis
- Identify key problems from the feedback and data analysis
- Implement and monitor the new processes
- Develop three process improvement strategies
- Train all team members on Lean principles to promote a culture of improvement
- Distribute Lean principles educational materials to team members
- Monitor and assess team members' understanding of Lean principles
- Organize Lean principles training sessions for the team
- Increase feedback collection by 20% through surveys and feedback loops
- Implement feedback loops on all digital platforms
- Develop and distribute engaging customer satisfaction surveys
- Promote survey participation through incentives
Lean 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.
Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRsTip #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.
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 Lean OKRs in a strategy map
The rules of OKRs are simple. Quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly, and yearly OKRs should be tracked monthly. 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
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, once you get comfortable you can graduate to a proper OKRs-tracking tool.
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 Lean OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to implement transparency in project allocation for balanced workload per person
- OKRs to enhance customer experience in Car Rental booking
- OKRs to achieve compliance with industry standards and regulations
- OKRs to implement Human Centric Design in our SaaS business
- OKRs to craft an inspiring shared company mission, vision, and core values
- OKRs to ensure compliance and adaptability of Finance department for long-term success
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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