Technical Debt OKRs
OKRs are quickly gaining popularity as a goal-setting framework. But, it's not always easy to know how to write your goals, especially if it's your first time using OKRs.
That's why we have created a list of OKRs examples for Technical Debt to help. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point to write your own goals.
Examples of OKRs for Technical Debt
The examples have Technical Debt Objectives and Key Results, but they may also include the tasks that can help you get there.
You'll find 1 OKRs examples for Technical Debt below, and some extra tips to write better quarterly plans at the end.
OKRs to reduce technical debt
Reduce significantly the technical debt in our platform
Dedicated 20% of our sprint effort to tackling technical debt- Close 40 issues tagged as technical debt
- Boost application performance by 40% as a result of the debt culling
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How to track your OKRs?
It's important to establish a cadence of check-ins for your Technical Debt OKRs.
Quarterly OKRs should have weekly updates to get all the benefits from the framework.
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using a proper OKRs-tracking tool for it.
OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: Complete 2022 OKRs guide for Startups
- To implement: Flowing OKRs: 14 rules to simplify OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: Success metrics examples
