11 customisable OKR examples for Systems Management Team
What are Systems Management Team 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.
How you write your OKRs can make a huge difference on the impact that your team will have at the end of the quarter. But, it's not always easy to write a quarterly plan that focuses on outcomes instead of projects.
That's why we have created a list of OKRs examples for Systems Management Team to help. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point to write your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
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Our customisable Systems Management Team OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Systems Management Team 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 establish robust autonomy and project management systems
Establish robust autonomy and project management systems
Train 70% of the team members in autonomous decision-making and problem-solving
Identify team members needing autonomous decision-making training- Develop an effective training program on decision-making
- Implement and monitor the training for select team members
- Implement a suitable project management software for 100% of ongoing projects
- Train staff on new software usage
- Research various project management software options
- Purchase and install chosen project management software
- Achieve 30% reduction in project deadline delays due to better management control
- Provide staff with targeted management training
- Establish daily progress tracking system
- Implement standardized project management procedures
2. OKRs to successful Exchange and Migration of Server Systems
- Successful Exchange and Migration of Server Systems
- Conduct a thorough inventory and categorize all existing servers by end of Week 1
- Complete inventory by end of Week 1
- Compile a comprehensive list of all existing servers
- Categorize servers based on their function
- Migrate 50% of identified servers without causing any system downtime by Week 6
- Execute migration plan during off-peak hours to avoid downtime
- Identify non-essential servers for initial migration to minimize potential impact
- Develop and test migration strategy for selected servers
- Complete the migration and ensure all systems are fully functional and optimized by Week 12
- Conduct thorough testing on all systems
- Optimize system functionality by Week 12
- Finish the migration process by Week 12
3. OKRs to enhance efficiency and accuracy in month end reporting systems
- Enhance efficiency and accuracy in month end reporting systems
- Achieve 100% on-time delivery of month-end reports through improving project management routines
- Frequently monitor project progress and adjust as needed
- Implement training on time management for team members
- Review and streamline project scheduling and assignment processes
- Cut down time spent on month-end reports by 30% by streamlining the process
- Identify and eliminate redundant steps in report process
- Incorporate automated data collection and compilation
- Prioritize and condense report information
- Decrease month-end reporting errors by 60% through automated data validation
- Schedule regular system maintenance and audits
- Train staff on new validation protocols
- Implement automated data validation software
4. OKRs to enhance capabilities for physical security systems management
- Enhance capabilities for physical security systems management
- Implement the integration of 2 new features in existing security systems
- Train staff on feature usage and troubleshooting
- Test and validate integration of new features
- Evaluate current security systems for compatibility with new features
- Increase system efficiency by 15% through system upgrades and optimization
- Identify areas of the system that require optimization
- Purchase and install necessary system upgrades
- Regularly monitor and adjust for optimal efficiency
- Decrease system false-positive alerts by 20%
- Refine the current system detection algorithm
- Conduct regular system false-positive tests
- Implement a more effective filtering system
5. OKRs to successfully migrate admin application to existing platform
- Successfully migrate admin application to existing platform
- Train all users on the new platform to ensure smooth transition
- Monitor user experience for further improvements
- Develop comprehensive training materials on the new platform
- Organize training sessions for all users
- Complete data migration without any loss or errors
- Perform a full backup of all existing data
- Verify and validate migrated data
- Use reliable software to conduct data migration
- Update all functionalities to align with existing platform requirements
- Identify and note necessary updates for functionalities
- Review current platform requirements thoroughly
- Implement and test functionality updates
6. OKRs to enhance scalability and efficiency of deployed cloud systems
- Enhance scalability and efficiency of deployed cloud systems
- Reduce infrastructure costs by 15% through optimization of cloud services
- Implement cost-efficient cloud service solutions
- Identify potential areas for resource optimization
- Perform comprehensive audit of existing cloud service usage
- Successfully achieve 99.9% uptime across all deployed cloud services
- Implement robust redundancy measures for every service
- Utilize real-time notifications for immediate incident response
- Regularly monitor and assess cloud service performance and health
- Implement upgrades for 3 existing cloud architectures to improve performance benchmarks
- Execute upgrades on the 3 existing systems
- Research available cloud architecture upgrades
- Identify performance shortcomings in current cloud architectures
7. OKRs to optimize ManageEngine for efficient patching and software deployment
- Optimize ManageEngine for efficient patching and software deployment
- Increase software deployment success rate on ManageEngine by 30%
- Implement comprehensive pre-deployment testing procedures
- Conduct regular team training on deployment best practices
- Enhance error handling and recovery mechanisms
- Decrease patch implementation errors on ManageEngine by 25%
- Implement comprehensive patch testing before deployment
- Enhance staff training regarding ManageEngine
- Review and refine existing patch management processes
- Improve ManageEngine's deployment time by reducing it by 20%
- Implement automated deployment tools to streamline the process
- Optimize current scripts for quicker software deployment
- Continually monitor and fine-tune deployment mechanisms
8. OKRs to implement an effective smart workplace management system
- Implement an effective smart workplace management system
- Identify and select a suitable smart workplace management system by analyzing 5 potential options
- Make final selection based on analysis and business needs
- Analyze features, reviews, and pricing of each system
- Research and list five potential smart workplace management systems
- Train 100% of workforce to effectively utilize the new management system for daily operations
- Implement strategies for workforce to apply system knowledge daily
- Organize comprehensive training sessions about the new management system
- Provide regular follow-up training for continual workforce development
- Procure the selected system and complete installation in 80% of the workplace areas
- Schedule installation in various work zones
- Purchase the selected system for implementation
- Ensure setup in 80% of designated areas
9. OKRs to maintain up-to-date security patches on our infrastructure
- Maintain up-to-date security patches on our infrastructure
- Assess and catalog current state of security patches within two weeks
- Create a comprehensive catalog of findings
- Identify all systems and software requiring security updates
- Verify and document the existing security patches
- Implement 100% of identified necessary security updates by quarter's end
- Develop and execute a schedule for updates
- Complete and verify each security update
- Identify all required security updates
- Develop and initiate routine weekly checks to confirm security patch updates
- Establish routine checks for these updates
- Identify necessary security patches weekly
- Implement and confirm successful patch updates
10. OKRs to decommission all identified systems by 2024
- Decommission all identified systems by 2024
- Conduct final review to ensure all decommissioned systems are properly shut down
- Document final review findings
- Confirm cessation of systems via verification protocols
- Identify all systems slated for decommission
- Successfully decommission 50% of identified systems by end of quarter
- Execute decommissioning safely and efficiently
- Identify essential vs. non-essential systems for business operations
- Develop a detailed decommissioning plan and schedule
- Complete inventory of all systems slated for decommission by end of quarter
- Finalize and document inventory report
- Conduct thorough inventory of these systems
- Identify all systems scheduled for decommissioning
11. OKRs to improve Access control, management, and automation efforts
- Improve Access control, management, and automation efforts
- Decrease access control approval cycle time by 15% with efficient automation application
- Measure and adjust automation efficiency to hit the 15% reduction target
- Identify bottlenecks in the current access control approval process
- Implement an automation software to streamline approval tasks
- Implement automation in 2 new critical systems, preparing for 1 click deployment
- Test one-click deployment and resolve issues
- Develop automation scripts for the identified systems
- Identify two critical systems suitable for automation
- Reduce manual intervention in access management processes by 20% using automation
- Monitor system regularly to ensure automated processes are working efficiently
- Train staff on utilizing automation features for access management
- Implement automated access management software in the system
Systems Management Team 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 Systems Management Team OKRs in a strategy map
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the 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 Systems Management Team OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to streamline vendor management for efficient cost savings and digitalized P2P process
- OKRs to successfully optimize a contract operations project
- OKRs to generate significant growth through Content Marketing
- OKRs to strengthen and Revitalize Marketing Department Functionality
- OKRs to increase brand awareness and credibility through webinars
- OKRs to implement a science mentoring program for skill enhancement
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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