15 customisable OKR examples for Testing Manager
What are Testing Manager 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.
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.
To aid you in setting your goals, we have compiled a collection of OKR examples customized for Testing Manager. 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.
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Our customisable Testing Manager OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Testing Manager. 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 successfully launch and break-even via pre-sales
- Successfully launch and break-even via pre-sales
- Attain 100% of cost recovery through initial sales
- Track and control operational expenses efficiently
- Implement effective sales and marketing strategies
- Develop a competitive pricing strategy to cover production costs
- Generate a minimum of 300 pre-sale orders
- Collaborate with influencers to promote and pre-sell
- Implement a referral discount program for pre-orders
- Develop a compelling marketing campaign targeting potential customers
- Achieve 100% completion of product testing and fixes
- Execute testing plan and document all findings
- Develop a comprehensive plan for product testing
- Implement necessary fixes based on test results
2. OKRs to achieve unprecedented effectiveness and success in testing methods
- Achieve unprecedented effectiveness and success in testing methods
- Implement a testing system to improve accuracy by 30%
- Develop a testing process based on these inaccuracies
- Incorporate feedback loop to continually enhance the system
- Identify existing inaccuracies in the current system
- Conduct 2 training sessions weekly to enhance team members' testing skills
- Develop relevant testing skill modules for team training
- Send reminders and materials for scheduled sessions to team
- Organize weekly schedule to slot in two training sessions
- Minimize error percentage to below 5% via rigorous repeated testing initiatives
- Review and continuously improve testing methodologies
- Implement repetitive testing for all features
- Develop a comprehensive software testing protocol
3. 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
4. OKRs to successfully execute comprehensive testing procedures
- Successfully execute comprehensive testing procedures
- Improve testing efficiency by 30% through process review and automation
- Implement automation tools to streamline testing procedures
- Identify areas for potential automation in tests
- Conduct comprehensive review of existing testing processes
- Identify and document 100% of test case failures and issues
- Develop and maintain an issue log for tracking
- Document every identified test case failure
- Review test results to identify failures and issues
- Complete 15 test cases per week with 95% success rate
- Conduct corrective actions immediately on failed test cases
- Allocate daily time slots to work on at least 3 test cases
- Review all test case results daily to identify errors
5. OKRs to develop a cloud-based SAAS loyalty product
- Develop a cloud-based SAAS loyalty product
- Complete backend development process meeting 95% of the defined specifications
- Develop and test backend according to specifications
- Finalize defined specifications for backend development process
- Conduct reviews and adjust code to meet 95% specification accuracy
- Successfully launch a beta version with less than 3% defects reported
- Prioritize and swiftly address reported defects
- Develop comprehensive testing procedures for beta version
- Provide effective channels for reporting software defects
- Finalize system specifications and required features by interviewing 20 potential users
- Identify and contact 20 potential system users for interviews
- Conduct interviews to finalize system specifications
- Finalize required features based on user feedback
6. OKRs to reduce the frequency of rollbacks following system releases
- Reduce the frequency of rollbacks following system releases
- Initiate feedback loop to understand and rectify 100% of rollback reasons each release
- Implement regular meetings to review and analyze rollback reasons
- Develop and execute improvement strategies to rectify rollback issues
- Identify and document all rollback reasons from the latest release
- Implement monitoring checks to catch 90% of release issues within first 48 hours
- Develop and implement automated system checks
- Establish quick and efficient incident response procedures
- Define key functionality areas for intense monitoring post release
- Decrease rollbacks by 20% through improving pre-release testing protocols
- Train team on advanced testing strategies
- Increase frequency of software testing cycles
- Implement strict pre-release testing protocols
7. OKRs to enhance testing effectiveness
- Enhance testing effectiveness
- Decrease testing errors by 20% through enhanced process oversight and quality control measures
- Train staff on new quality control measures
- Implement a comprehensive process oversight system
- Regularly review and update testing protocols
- Implement a standardized testing protocol for all projects by end of next quarter
- Develop a standard testing protocol template
- Apply protocol to all ongoing projects
- Train staff on protocol implementation
- Increase testing capacity by training 50% more team members in advanced testing techniques
- Arrange a schedule for testing technique training sessions
- Request training materials for advanced testing techniques
- Identify team members suitable for advanced testing training
8. OKRs to improve conversion rate by 20% with landing page optimization and A/B testing
- Increase website conversion rate with page optimization and testing
- Create at least one new compelling CTA to test, resulting in 25% higher clicks
- Increase page clarity with simplified copy, resulting in 15% higher engagement
- Increase website traffic by 10% through targeted SEO and paid advertising
- Improve landing page load time by 10%
9. OKRs to enhance efficiency in production and testing processes
- Enhance efficiency in production and testing processes
- Increase successful first-time production runs by 10% to reduce rework
- Implement process checks to identify errors early
- Strengthen staff training on production procedures
- Upgrade equipment for better precision and efficiency
- Reduce production errors by 15% through implementing strict quality control measures
- Regularly monitor and correct production errors promptly
- Implement stringent quality control measures in the production process
- Conduct regular training for staff on quality standards
- Decrease testing time by 20% by optimizing testing procedures
- Review current testing methods for inefficiencies and redundancies
- Train staff in new, optimized testing procedures
- Implement automation for repetitive testing tasks
10. OKRs to implement routine financial stress-testing scenarios
- Implement routine financial stress-testing scenarios
- Develop a robust stress-testing model for finance by end of month one
- Test the model with historical data and adjust as necessary
- Define all relevant variables and outcomes for the stress-testing model
- Build the preliminary stress-testing model using financial software
- Interpret results and devise mitigation actions for identified risks by month three
- Analyze outcomes and determine potential risks identified
- Develop strategies to mitigate identified risks
- Implement risk mitigation actions and monitor efficacy
- Complete three different stress-testing scenarios by end of month two
- Analyze and document the results of each scenario
- Execute the identified stress-testing scenarios
- Determine three different stress-testing scenarios
11. OKRs to successfully complete the GPU component
- Successfully complete the GPU component
- Reduce the number of performance issues found during testing by 50%
- Integrate automated testing in the development process
- Implement thorough code reviews before initiating tests
- Increase training sessions on effective coding practices
- Quality review passed in all 3 stages of the GPU component lifecycle
- Update GPU component lifecycle quality control procedures
- Discuss the successful review outcome with the team
- Document all observations during GPU component lifecycle stages
- Achieve 80% project milestone completions on GPU component development by the period end
- Assign experienced team for GPU component development
- Regularly track and review progress of project completion
- Prioritize daily tasks towards the project's milestones
12. OKRs to strengthen and maintain stakeholder relations through effective communication
- Strengthen and maintain stakeholder relations through effective communication
- Establish a regular bi-monthly virtual stakeholders meeting to update initiative progress
- Schedule bi-monthly virtual meetings
- Prepare regular initiative progress updates
- Identify relevant stakeholders for virtual meetings
- Ensure 100% documentation and communication of all changes in initiatives to stakeholders
- Distribute changes in initiatives through emails/reports
- Develop a standardized change documentation process
- Implement regular update meetings with stakeholders
- Adequately prepare for and successfully review 90% of User Acceptance Testing scenarios
- Identify and understand all possible User Acceptance Testing scenarios
- Develop a detailed and comprehensive review plan
- Implement the plan and analyse each testing outcome
13. OKRs to successfully launch a new B2B voice over IP platform
- Successfully launch a new B2B voice over IP platform
- Achieve 90% bug-free functionality through extensive pre-launch testing
- Continuously monitor and record test results
- Train dedicated team for debugging and error resolution
- Develop a comprehensive pre-launch testing protocol
- Drive user sign-ups with initial target of acquiring 500 new businesses
- Design promotional campaigns highlighting benefits of signing up
- Initiate strategic partnerships for user referrals
- Optimize website for seamless registration process
- Secure partnerships with at least three major B2B corporations for platform use
- Arrange and conduct meetings to pitch proposals
- Identify and research potential B2B corporate partners
- Develop and tailor partnership proposals
14. OKRs to ensure smooth migration of on-prem applications to cloud setup
- Ensure smooth migration of on-prem applications to cloud setup
- Ensure zero critical post-migration issues in the final month of the quarter
- Implement a rigorous software testing process post-migration
- Conduct daily briefs to discuss potential issues
- Schedule weekly system performance evaluations
- Finalize a comprehensive migration plan with defined roles and responsibilities by week 2
- Identify and assign roles and responsibilities to team members
- Create a comprehensive migration plan
- Review and finalize the migration plan by week 2
- Achieve successful migration of 70% of identified applications by week 8
- Identify critical applications for migration prioritization by week 2
- Achieve 70% migration of applications by the end of week 8
- Initiate migration process of identified applications by week 4
15. OKRs to implement versatile deployment strategies for K8's users
- Implement versatile deployment strategies for K8's users
- Achieve functional canary and rolling K8's deployment on a minimum 60% user-base
- Gradually increase rollout to minimum 60% user-base
- Implement rolling updates for managing deployments
- Setup and test functional canary deployment on Kubernetes cluster
- Develop and test blue/green deployment strategy for 80% of total K8's users
- Implement, monitor, and evaluate testing process
- Create a comprehensive blueprint for the deployment strategy
- Identify components suitable for blue/green K8's deployment strategy
- Enable a successful Kubernetes deployment for at least 70% users by quarter-end
- Regularly monitor and adjust deployment processes as necessary
- Establish extensive training on Kubernetes for all relevant users
- Implement thorough testing protocols to ensure deployment success
Testing Manager 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.
Tip #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.
Tip #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 Testing Manager 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.
If 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 Testing Manager OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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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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