2 customisable OKR examples for Progress Monitor

What are Progress Monitor 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.

Creating impactful OKRs can be a daunting task, especially for newcomers. Shifting your focus from projects to outcomes is key to successful planning.

We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Progress Monitor 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 Progress Monitor 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 Progress Monitor OKRs examples

We've added many examples of Progress Monitor 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 achieve comprehensive monitoring of student progress across standards

Achieve comprehensive monitoring of student progress across standards
Implement bi-weekly progress reports for 100% of students in all standards
Organize training for teachers on report generation
Develop a bi-weekly reporting schedule
Determine key metrics for progress in all standards
Increase communication with parents about their child's academic progress by 30%
Implement weekly progress reports to be sent home
Arrange biweekly parent-teacher meetings
Train teachers on effective parent communication
Develop an efficient tracking system for monitoring each student's learning progress by month-end
Implement tracking procedures in a test setting
Source software for a comprehensive tracking system
Identify relevant learning criteria for tracking progress

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2. OKRs to implement effective and smart goal-setting strategies

Implement effective and smart goal-setting strategies
Review and refine goal-setting process after completion of each goal
Analyze the effectiveness of completed goal
Identify improvements for future goal-setting process
Implement identified improvements in next goal plan
Monitor progress bi-weekly, ensuring 80% goal achievement rate
Develop report formats for bi-weekly updates
Schedule bi-weekly progress review meetings
Create system to track 80% goal achievement rate
Formulate 2 new, measurable and achievable goals each week
Determine two realistic, quantifiable goals
Create plan with steps to achieve each goal
Brainstorm personal or professional objectives for the week

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Progress Monitor 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 OKRs

Tip #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 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 Progress Monitor 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 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 Progress Monitor 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

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