15 customisable OKR examples for Software Quality
What are Software Quality 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 have curated a selection of OKR examples specifically for Software Quality to assist you. Feel free to explore the templates below for inspiration in setting your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own Software Quality 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 Software Quality OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Software Quality 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 enhance software and component quality
Enhance software and component quality
Execute 100% of planned quality assurance tests to identify and fix bugs
Analyze test results and correct identified bugs- Conduct all preassigned tests thoroughly
- Review the lineup of planned quality assurance tests
- Increase user satisfaction by improving software usability by 20%
- Implement improvements based on user feedback
- Identify user pain points through feedback surveys
- Continuously test software for user experience enhancements
- Decrease software component's failure rate by 15%
- Conduct regular maintenance and updates to improve stability
- Employ advanced debugging tools to spot and fix errors
- Implement rigorous software component testing at varying stress levels
2. OKRs to enhance the quality of software releases through manual testing
- Enhance the quality of software releases through manual testing
- Increase manual test case effectiveness by 25%
- Provide continuous training for manual testing techniques
- Implement peer reviews for manual test case validation
- Develop exhaustive, realistic use-cases scenarios for better test coverage
- Reduce critical bugs in live software by 15%
- Implement rigorous testing procedures before software deployment
- Regularly update and debug software code base
- Train developers in best practices for bug prevention
- Raise manual test coverage for each release to at least 95%
- Identify areas of software currently lacking full manual testing
- Develop comprehensive manual test plans for those areas
- Train team to execute new test plans efficiently
3. OKRs to enhance quality control testing effectiveness
- Enhance quality control testing effectiveness
- Decrease defects found post-release by 20%
- Incorporate more rigorous beta testing phases
- Improve training for software developers
- Implement thorough quality assurance procedures
- Initiate 100% of staff into new quality-control training program
- Create an informative and engaging training schedule
- Identify and list all staff requiring the new training
- Begin rollout of quality-control training to all staff
- Increase test coverage rate to 90%
- Identify areas of the code lacking sufficient testing
- Implement and regularly update tests to maintain coverage
- Develop comprehensive, relevant tests for those areas
4. OKRs to enhance Quality Assurance automation capacity
- Enhance Quality Assurance automation capacity
- Implement automation for at least 70% of previously manually tested scenarios
- Identify primary scenarios for automated testing
- Evaluate automation coverage and effectiveness
- Develop and implement automation scripts
- Achieve 80% pass rate for all new automated test scripts
- Implement rigorous script debugging and revision process
- Develop comprehensive and effective automated test scripts
- Train team members on standard script writing
- Increase automation coverage by 30% across all project modules
- Develop and implement automation scripts for these areas
- Monitor and assess the increase in automation coverage
- Identify areas with low automation within project modules
5. OKRs to elevate overall test coverage across all features
- Elevate overall test coverage across all features
- Implement a process for monitoring and increasing test coverage on an ongoing basis
- Implement a continuous test coverage monitoring system
- Develop strategies to continuously improve test coverage
- Identify existing areas lacking sufficient test coverage
- Identify and address 30% of areas with low test coverage across existing features
- Prioritize these features based on importance
- Identify features with less than 70% test coverage
- Develop and implement tests to increase coverage
- Achieve 70% code coverage for all new features developed in the next quarter
- Conduct reviews and refactoring sessions to improve coverage
- Implement mandatory unit tests for all newly developed features
- Monitor code coverage regularly using suitable tools
6. OKRs to implement efficient test automation processes
- Implement efficient test automation processes
- Reduce manual testing work by 40% through customized automated scripts
- Implement and monitor the automated scripts’ efficacy regularly
- Develop customized automated scripts for these processes
- Identify repeated manual testing processes suitable for automation
- Successfully automate 70% of all repetitive tests while maintaining accuracy
- Research suitable automation tools or software
- Implement, monitor, and adjust automated processes accordingly
- Identify and catalog all existing repetitive tests
- Achieve a 30% decrease in software bugs and glitches through automated testing enhancement
- Regularly evaluate and refine our testing processes
- Train developers in advanced automated testing
- Implement enhanced and rigorous automated testing protocols
7. OKRs to enhance the quality of the company's testing process
- Enhance the quality of the company's testing process
- Reduce the number of bugs found post-release by 30%
- Implement continuous training for the development team
- Develop rigorous pre-launch software testing protocols
- Enhance code review processes and quality checks
- Achieve 95% accuracy rate in every conducted testing
- Review and refine testing procedures and tools
- Implement comprehensive training on test protocol
- Conduct regular monitoring and performance evaluation
- Implement two new automated testing tools to streamline process
- Research and select two suitable automated testing tools
- Train the team on usage and integration of tools
- Purchase and install chosen automated testing tools
8. OKRs to minimize technical debt across all 100 crawlers
- Minimize technical debt across all 100 crawlers
- Reduce the number of crippling bugs by 60% across all active crawlers
- Allocate more resources for extensive crawler bug testing
- Roll out regular updates to eliminate known issues
- Implement rigorous code review before deployment
- Develop and implement robust refactoring plans for 75% of identified issues
- Implement refactoring plans across 75% of identified areas
- Identify key areas requiring refactoring within the system
- Create comprehensive, efficient refactoring plans for these areas
- Identify and document technical debt in 100% of the crawlers
- Review all crawler codes to identify technical debt
- Log debt detail in a central tracking system
- Prepare a comprehensive technical debt report
9. OKRs to achieve consistent delivery of a high-quality application
- Achieve consistent delivery of a high-quality application
- Increase weekly cadence of successful application releases by 20%
- Integrate automated testing for faster bug detection
- Implement more efficient software development methodologies
- Enhance collaboration among development teams
- Decrease application issues reported post-release by 30%
- Implement a comprehensive quality assurance and testing process
- Prioritize regular updates and patches post-release
- Enhance pre-release user acceptance testing
- Enhance user satisfaction ratings on the application by improving it by 25%
- Develop and launch new desired features
- Prioritize and address reported bugs and glitches
- Implement frequent customer surveys to gather user feedback
10. OKRs to improve testing efficiency through AI integration
- Improve testing efficiency through AI integration
- Reduce software bugs by 25% with AI algorithms
- Train AI algorithms to identify and fix recurring software bugs
- Invest in AI-based debugging tools for code review and error detection
- Integrate AI algorithms into the software development and testing process
- Decrease manual testing hours by 30%
- Implement automated testing protocols for recurrent tests
- Train staff in automation tools usage
- Prioritize test cases for automation
- Implement AI testing tools in 60% of ongoing projects
- Procure and install AI testing tools in identified projects
- Train project teams on using AI testing tools
- Identify projects suitable for AI testing tool integration
11. OKRs to enhance Quality and Usability of my API
- Enhance Quality and Usability of my API
- Increase API response time by 20%
- Implement efficient and faster algorithms and data structures
- Evaluate and optimize the existing code for better performance
- Upgrade server hardware to improve processing speed
- Reduce API error rate by 25%
- Increase unit tests to capture potential API errors
- Review and optimize existing API error handling
- Implement API monitoring tools for real-time tracking
- Implement 100% of planned new API functions and endpoints
- Release and document all new API functions
- Develop and test all new API functions and endpoints
- Review the design of planned new API functions and endpoints
12. OKRs to implement seamless integration of new product features
- Implement seamless integration of new product features
- Minimize integration errors to less than 1% of total implementations
- Establish stringent coding and testing standards
- Implement thorough checks before deployment of integrations
- Conduct regular refresher training for the team
- Successfully integrate 10 new features without disrupting existing functionality
- Develop comprehensive integration testing strategy
- Conduct thorough risk assessment for each new feature
- Schedule regular team progress reviews
- Reduce integration time by 15% without compromising quality control measures
- Implement efficient software for quicker integration processes
- Provide adequate training on speedy integration strategies
- Streamline workflows to minimize integration steps
13. OKRs to integrate two applications seamlessly
- Integrate two applications seamlessly
- Improve user experience by reducing the average response time by 15%
- Increase data transfer accuracy between applications by 20%
- Conduct regular performance testing and optimization measures on the applications
- Optimize network infrastructure for faster and more reliable data transmission
- Implement data validation checks in the application code
- Improve error handling and logging mechanism for data transfer failures
- Reduce integration errors by implementing automated testing, resulting in a 30% decrease in bugs
- Analyze and address the root causes of integration errors to prevent future occurrences
- Regularly update and maintain the automated test suite to match system changes
- Implement a continuous integration process to detect integration errors early on
- Develop automated tests for integration scenarios to ensure proper functionality
- Achieve a 95% success rate in processing transactions between the integrated applications
14. OKRs to enhance efficiency of core microservices like timeline and core list
- Enhance efficiency of core microservices like timeline and core list
- Decrease core list service read query time to 4s on avg
- Implement a caching system to speed up read queries
- Refactor code for efficiency and eliminate unnecessary process
- Optimize database structure for efficient data retrieval
- Achieve under 1% error rate in both timeline and core list services
- Implement rigorous quality control checks for both services
- Conduct regular staff training on error reduction strategies
- Optimize system software for greater accuracy and efficiency
- Reduce average read query time for timeline service by 50%
- Upgrade hardware for improved response time
- Optimize existing database queries for increased efficiency
- Implement caching techniques to reduce repeated queries
15. OKRs to streamline SPX single membership SDLC process
- Streamline SPX single membership SDLC process
- Reduce the cycle time of SDLC stages by 20%
- Implement automation tools in testing and deployment stages
- Streamline communication channels between different teams
- Adopt agile methodologies in project management
- Implement a new tracking system to eliminate 30% of process errors
- Train staff on implementing and using new system
- Identify current errors and determine their root cause
- Research and select appropriate tracking system
- Enhance team productivity by delivering 25% more modules within deadlines
- Encourage regular communication to swiftly resolve issues
- Implement efficient project management tools for better task tracking
- Offer training sessions to improve team's technical skills
Software Quality 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 Software Quality OKRs in a strategy map
OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full 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
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 Software Quality OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to implement robust data backup and recovery
- OKRs to participate in project formulation and business case development
- OKRs to enhance overall customer satisfaction
- OKRs to improve efficiency in client and team management
- OKRs to reduce mobilization cost for special project set ups
- OKRs to implement uniform warehouse improvement program across all facilities
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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