15 customisable OKR examples for Standards
What are Standards 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.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We have a collection of OKRs examples for Standards to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own 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.
Feel free to explore our tools:
- Use our free OKR generator
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Our customisable Standards OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for 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 enforce coding standards to prevent new tech debt
Standardize coding practices for debt reduction
Conduct training sessions to educate all team members- Reduce tech debt backlog by 50% through enforcement of standards
- Develop and implement updated coding standards
- Conduct quarterly reviews to ensure adherence to standards
2. 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
3. OKRs to implement Unified Standards Across all Hospital Units
- Implement Unified Standards Across all Hospital Units
- Achieve 90% staff training completion on new standards within 8 weeks
- Implement weekly progress assessment for staff members
- Provide individual guidance where needed to ensure understanding
- Initiate comprehensive training program on new standards
- Develop comprehensive, uniform standards incorporating best practices within 5 weeks
- Implement uniform standards across all departments
- Create comprehensive standards based on findings
- Identify key components of best practices in industry
- Identify differing practices in all units by reviewing process documents within 2 weeks
- Highlight differing practices within a two-week timeframe
- Catalog all process documents across each unit
- Review these documents to identify differences
4. OKRs to attain great security standards
- Attain great security standards
- All developers score 90+ in our security awareness training
- 100% of devices are enrolled in a Mobile Device Management system
- 100% of our services have a threat mitigation system in place
- Our policies cover 100% of the ISO 27001 requirements
5. OKRs to develop high-quality English language arts assessment items
- Develop high-quality English language arts assessment items
- Get 95% positive feedback from teachers on the assessment items
- Conduct a survey to gauge current teacher satisfaction with assessment items
- Regularly communicate improvements made, requesting ongoing feedback
- Implement suggested changes based on survey feedback
- Integrate at least 80% of the assessed standards in the items developed
- Develop items integrating identified standards
- Review and revise integrated items to ensure quality
- Identify and review 80% of assessed standards
- Draft and finalize 60 English language arts assessment items
- Start drafting diverse and high-quality assessment questions
- Review, revise and finalize each assessment item
- Determine the key areas of focus based on the ELA academic standards
6. OKRs to boost Overall Account Health
- Boost Overall Account Health
- Increase active account numbers by 20%
- Implement a referral program to encourage current users to recruit others
- Execute targeted marketing campaigns to attract potential users
- Enhance user experience for higher customer satisfaction and retention
- Reduce overdue balances by 30%
- Enhance reminders and notices for due payments
- Implement stricter payment deadlines and announce them clearly
- Offer incentives for early or on-time payments
- Align 90% of accounts with compliance standards
- Arrange training on compliance standards for account management team
- Implement necessary updates to align accounts with standards
- Conduct individual reviews of existing accounts for compliance
7. 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
8. OKRs to enhance safety standards across office cubicles
- Enhance safety standards across office cubicles
- Improve 10% of identified safety shortfalls from the initial assessment by the quarter's end
- Identify key safety shortfalls from the initial assessment
- Implement the plan and track progress regularly
- Develop a measurable improvement plan for selected deficiencies
- Achieve a weekly average safety score of 4.0 in first cubicle zone
- Implement immediate corrective measures for identified hazards
- Train employees on safety protocols and standards
- Conduct weekly safety inspections in the first cubicle zone
- Minimize safety infractions to zero throughout all cubicle zones
- Establish and enforce strict safety protocols for cubicle zones
- Implement regular, surprise safety inspections across all cubicle areas
- Train employees regularly on cubicle area safety procedures
9. OKRs to achieve full adherence to all regulatory compliance standards
- Achieve full adherence to all regulatory compliance standards
- Correct or address at least 95% of identified non-compliant elements
- Implement compliant alternatives or fixes for identified issues
- Prioritize non-compliance issues based on severity
- Identify all non-compliant elements within the system
- Pass an external audit with a minimum score of 90% compliance
- Conduct internal audits to ensure compliance
- Implement necessary changes to meet compliance standards
- Review and understand all compliance guidelines thoroughly
- Implement a comprehensive training program for all employees on regulatory compliance
- Schedule and implement mandatory training sessions for all employees
- Determine necessary regulatory compliance topics for training
- Source or create compliance training materials and resources
10. OKRs to enhance company security standards to safeguard against potential threats
- Enhance company security standards to safeguard against potential threats
- Achieve a 100% completion rate of all recommended security updates and patches
- Conduct routine audits to ensure all devices and systems have the latest security patches
- Provide ongoing training and awareness programs to educate employees on the importance of installing security updates
- Implement an automated system to regularly scan and identify available security updates
- Establish a policy for prompt installation and deployment of all identified security updates
- Implement a comprehensive training program on cybersecurity for all employees
- Create an online platform to provide ongoing access to cybersecurity resources and learning materials
- Schedule regular training sessions to ensure all employees receive cybersecurity education
- Assign qualified trainers to deliver interactive and engaging cybersecurity training sessions
- Develop a customized cybersecurity training curriculum tailored to different employee roles
- Reduce the average response time to security incidents by 20%
- Streamline incident response workflows to remove unnecessary steps and improve efficiency
- Develop a clear escalation process and ensure all stakeholders are aware and trained
- Conduct regular simulations and exercises to enhance incident response readiness and identify areas for improvement
- Implement automated monitoring systems to identify and alert on security incidents promptly
- Increase the frequency of security audits to at least once every quarter
- Assign specific personnel responsible for conducting security audits
- Develop a standardized reporting format for security audit findings and recommendations
- Implement regular communication channels to track and monitor security audit progress
- Review and update security audit checklist to ensure comprehensive coverage
11. OKRs to enhance the quality standards of our product portfolio
- Enhance the quality standards of our product portfolio
- Reduce returned product rates due to quality issues by 20%
- Implement comprehensive product testing pre-shipment
- Train staff on improving product inspection process
- Enhance quality control procedures for product manufacturing
- Conduct 10 comprehensive quality assurance tests for each product category
- Schedule 10 comprehensive tests for each category
- Identify the product categories for quality testing
- Analyze and document the results for review
- Achieve a 95% customer satisfaction rate on product quality through feedback surveys
- Implement a system for customer feedback surveys
- Initiate improvements based on collected feedback
- Regularly monitor and analyze survey results
12. OKRs to enhance organizational performance to high-performing standards
- Enhance organizational performance to high-performing standards
- Implement process improvements to increase operational efficiency by 20%
- Develop and execute change strategies for efficiency
- Identify bottlenecks within the existing operational process
- Measure and compare process effectiveness pre/post-change
- Reduce employee turnover rate by 15% through effective talent engagement strategies
- Implement mentorship programs to facilitate career growth
- Enhance communication channels for employee feedback
- Develop comprehensive benefits and recognition programs
- Increase customer satisfaction levels by achieving a 10% rise in positive feedback scores
- Implement regular staff training for superior customer service
- Develop and promote a user-friendly feedback system
- Enhance product quality and user experience
13. OKRs to uphold highest product quality standards
- Uphold highest product quality standards
- Achieve 95% positive product quality feedback from customer satisfaction surveys
- Implement rigorous product quality checks before distribution
- Develop customer service training for addressing product concerns
- Launch satisfaction surveys post-purchase to collect feedback
- Implement advanced training for 90% of production personnel for enhanced workmanship
- Develop an advanced training program targeting identified gaps
- Identify skills gap in production personnel for advanced training
- Enroll 90% of production staff in advanced training program
- Reduce product defects by 20% through improved quality control measures
- Regularly review and update quality control guidelines
- Implement strict quality control protocols for every production stage
- Train staff on new quality control measures and standards
14. 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
15. OKRs to enhance website usability and comply with accessibility standards
- Enhance website usability and comply with accessibility standards
- Achieve 100% WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance
- Develop and implement a remediation plan based on audit findings
- Conduct a comprehensive audit of the current website for WCAG 2.1 compliance
- Regularly test the website to ensure ongoing compliance
- Raise customer satisfaction score on usability to 90%
- Regularly update and improve product features
- Provide efficient and reliable customer support
- Implement a user-friendly interface for easy navigation
- Reduce user task completion time by 20%
- Improve server response times
- Implement efficient user interface redesign
- Streamline workflow processes
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 OKRsTip #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 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 Standards 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
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 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 Standards OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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- OKRs to enhance the efficiency of indirect purchasing
- OKRs to elevate campaign quality and maintain consistency across all platforms
- OKRs to achieve great performance and reliability
- OKRs to increase brand awareness and credibility through webinars
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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