14 customisable OKR examples for Speed
What are Speed 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.
Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.
To aid you in setting your goals, we have compiled a collection of OKR examples customized for Speed. Take a look at the templates below for inspiration and guidance.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own Speed 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 Speed OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Speed Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to enhance product quality and shipment speed
Enhance product quality and shipment speed
Increase shipping speed by 15% through operational efficiencies
Assess and eliminate bottlenecks in the delivery process- Implement automated packaging systems to minimize processing time
- Prioritize streamlined routing in distribution centers
- Implement quality control system to decrease customer returns by 10%
- Develop and implement selected quality control system
- Research and identify effective quality control systems
- Track, analyze, and adjust system based on results
- Reduce product defect rates by 20% through improvement initiatives
- Invest in superior raw materials for product creation
- Train production staff on improved manufacturing techniques
- Implement rigorous quality control checks in the production process
2. OKRs to enhance work ethos focusing on integrity, speed, passion, and transparency
- Enhance work ethos focusing on integrity, speed, passion, and transparency
- Complete 100% of assigned tasks with zero integrity-related issues
- Review every task breakdown meticulously to understand expectations completely
- Prioritize and execute tasks with complete honesty and transparency
- Ensure ongoing self-audit and cross-checking work accuracy
- Improve project delivery speed, reducing turnaround time by 20%
- Streamline project workflows to eliminate unnecessary steps
- Implement more efficient project management tools
- Enhance team training for productivity improvement
- Increase 360-degree feedback scores on passion and transparency by 35%
- Implement proactive feedback mechanisms for immediate action
- Arrange workshops to enhance staff communication and transparency
- Promote passion through exciting company wide initiatives
3. OKRs to boost overall delivery speed by 10%
- Boost overall delivery speed by 10%
- Reduce package handling time by 15% to increase efficiency
- Implement automated systems for package sorting
- Streamline packaging process by reducing unnecessary steps
- Train staff on faster, more efficient packaging methods
- Train delivery teams on time management skills to accelerate dispatch speed by 20%
- Monitor and assess performance post-training for improvements
- Organize interactive time management seminars for delivery teams
- Implement training on efficient routing and scheduling strategies
- Upgrade logistics software to enhance route planning by the end of the period
- Secure budget approval for software upgrade
- Implement and test the upgrade
- Identify current logistic software's upgrade requirements
4. OKRs to achieve stable and high-performance system operation with minimal speed complaints
- Achieve stable and high-performance system operation with minimal speed complaints
- Improve server response time by 30% to combat complaints about slowness
- Upgrade server hardware to increase capacity
- Optimize existing code for better server performance
- Implement a server caching strategy
- Successfully close 90% of speed-related complaints within a two-day turnover
- Decrease system downtime by 25% ensuring continuous operations
- Train staff in rapid troubleshooting techniques
- Implement a routine preventive maintenance schedule
- Invest in resilient, fail-safe infrastructure
5. OKRs to enhance Reading Comprehension and Speed
- Enhance Reading Comprehension and Speed
- Increase reading speed to 300 words per minute
- Practice speed reading exercises daily
- Regularly read challenging literature
- Continually time and track reading speed
- Achieve 90% comprehension rate on reading quiz after each book
- Do practice quizzes for better understanding
- Read each book thoroughly, noting down key points
- Regularly review and summarize your notes
- Finish reading 10 books of different genres
- Select 10 books from different genres
- Create a daily reading schedule
- Read and complete each book accordingly
6. OKRs to improve system efficiency and dependability
- Improve system efficiency and dependability
- Achieve 95% system uptime across all platforms
- Implement redundant systems to safeguard against total system failure
- Regularly perform and monitor preventive maintenance tasks
- Improve incident response and recovery procedures
- Reduce system downtime by 15%
- Adopt advanced monitoring tools for proactive error detection
- Implement regular maintenance and update schedules for all systems
- Train staff on troubleshooting and efficient problem resolution
- Increase speed of data processing by 20%
- Upgrade to more powerful, faster technology infrastructure
- Implement efficient data processing algorithms
- Train staff on optimized data handling practices
7. OKRs to enhance efficiency and speed of the help desk process
- Enhance efficiency and speed of the help desk process
- Implement a new help desk software to streamline ticket management
- Transition current tickets to new system
- Research and select appropriate help desk software
- Train support team on new software usage
- Train 75% of help desk staff in revised speed-focused procedures
- Implement staff training sessions on procedures
- Develop revised speed-focused procedures
- Identify 75% of help desk staff for training
- Decrease average initial response time by 30%
- Implement streamlined customer service procedures
- Regularly monitor and evaluate response times
- Train staff on efficient response techniques
8. OKRs to enhance product value and user discovery speed
- Enhance product value and user discovery speed
- Increase customer satisfaction rate by 20% through product enhancements
- Conduct regular quality checks for product enhancements
- Implement customer feedback into product improvement plans
- Train customer service to address product-related queries effectively
- Increase product conversion rate by 10% through user-centric design improvements
- Research market trends and consumer preferences in product design
- Implement design changes based on research data
- Test and analyze results for design improvements
- Lower average time-to-value for new users by 15% with improved onboarding process
- Implement a well-structured induction program for new users
- Create engaging, user-friendly tutorial videos for swift learning
- Simplify the initial login process for user convenience
9. OKRs to improve search results page functionality based on device id
- Improve search results page functionality based on device id
- Reduce the number of broken links on the search results page by 50%
- Implement responsive design for the search page to ensure optimal display across all device ids
- Identify and address any design elements that are not responsive
- Modify the search page layout to adapt to different screen sizes
- Test and validate the responsive design on various devices for optimal display
- Conduct a thorough analysis of the current search page design
- Increase search page loading speed by 30% for all device ids
- Optimize image sizes and formats to reduce loading time
- Enable browser caching to store and retrieve frequently accessed resources
- Implement lazy loading for non-critical resources to prioritize initial page rendering
- Minify CSS and JS files to decrease page load size
- Achieve a user satisfaction score of at least 4 out of 5 on the fixed search results page
10. OKRs to implement the new onboarding program to speed up deal closure time
- Implement the new onboarding program to speed up deal closure time
- Reduce the average time to first deal by 25% by week 12
- Train team in aggressive prospecting strategies
- Implement sales acceleration software for efficiency
- Optimize pitch to better engage and convert leads
- Train 80% of the sales team on the new onboarding program by week 8
- Complete training and assess understanding by week 8
- Schedule training sessions for sales team by week 3
- Identify key elements for the onboarding program by week 1
- Develop program curriculum and necessary resources by week 4
- Establish a timeline and assign topics to each week
- Identify necessary topics and learning outcomes for the program curriculum
- Gather and organize needed resources for curriculum content
11. OKRs to improve developer experience by improvign dev speed
- Provide amazing Developer Experience (DX) by improving dev speed
- 90% of products have a standardized Continuous Delivery pipeline
- Reduce average build time from 20 minutes to 2 minutes
- Reduce release cycle time from 12 days to 3 days
12. OKRs to enhance the efficiency of our software testing suite
- Enhance the efficiency of our software testing suite
- Increase the speed of test execution by 25%
- Optimize code base to reduce unnecessary testing steps
- Utilize faster test automation tools and frameworks
- Implement parallel testing to distribute tests across different machines
- Reduce software test suite setup time by 15%
- Implement automated test setup protocols
- Optimize code for greater setup efficiency
- Reduce redundant or unnecessary tests
- Decrease bug identification time by 20%
- Implement automated testing tools for routine bug discovery
- Use dedicated bug tracking systems to report issues
- Conduct regular training for staff in debugging techniques
13. OKRs to enhance the efficiency and stability of the IT infrastructure
- Enhance the efficiency and stability of the IT infrastructure
- Implement two additional failsafe protocols to boost data recovery speed by 15%
- Develop and test two additional failsafe protocols
- Implement the new protocols to enhance data recovery speed
- Identify potential areas for implementing new failsafe protocols
- Ensure 95% of helpdesk requests are resolved within 24 hours
- Monitor daily reports to assess resolution timelines
- Implement a high-priority response system for urgent requests
- Train helpdesk staff in efficient problem-solving techniques
- Reduce system downtime by 20% through proactive maintenance and upgrades
- Implement a routine schedule for proactive system maintenance
- Monitor system performance consistently for early issue detection
- Prioritize timely system upgrades and patches
14. OKRs to accelerate the delivery of consulting projects
- Accelerate the delivery of consulting projects
- Reduce project delays by 15% through enhanced resource allocation
- Assess and optimize team efficiency regularly
- Provide resource allocation training to project managers
- Implement a robust resource management software system
- Implement new project management tool and train all project members by week 6
- Schedule comprehensive tool training for all project members
- Implement the new tool and complete training by week 6
- Select suitable project management tool for our needs
- Achieve a 10% improvement in project completion speed by the end of the quarter
- Implement efficient project management tools and strategies
- Provide training for enhanced team productivity
- Regularly monitor and adjust timelines as needed
Speed 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 Speed 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 Speed OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to decrease average product impact across categories annually
- OKRs to implement efficient governance for internal communications and editorial
- OKRs to increase online community subscriptions for startups
- OKRs to improve staff retention and foster a positive work culture
- OKRs to enhance efficiency of operations in the HR department
- OKRs to to excel in autonomous project management
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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