4 customisable OKR examples for User Onboarding
What are User Onboarding 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.
Creating impactful OKRs can be a daunting task, especially for newcomers. Shifting your focus from projects to outcomes is key to successful planning.
We have curated a selection of OKR examples specifically for User Onboarding to assist you. Feel free to explore the templates below for inspiration in setting your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own User Onboarding 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 User Onboarding OKRs examples
We've added many examples of User Onboarding Objectives and Key Results, but we did not stop there. Understanding the difference between OKRs and projects is important, so we also added examples of strategic initiatives that relate to the OKRs.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to increase platform onboarding efficiency
Increase platform onboarding efficiency
Increase user satisfaction rating for onboarding process to 4.5 out of 5- Achieve 95% completion rate for onboarding tasks
- Decrease average onboarding time by 10%
- Reduce onboarding support tickets by 20% through improved self-service resources
Implement a user-friendly FAQ page addressing common onboarding queries and concerns- Develop video tutorials to visually guide users through the onboarding process
- Revamp knowledge base content with clear and detailed instructions for onboarding steps
- Conduct regular surveys to gather feedback and identify areas for further improvement
2. OKRs to launch MVP to our first 1,000 users
- Launch MVP to our first 1,000 users
- Implement a user onboarding process that converts 50% of users
- Evaluate and improve process using user feedback
- Develop engaging and interactive onboarding tutorials
- Personalize user experience based on initial interactions
- Develop and finalize MVP with all key features in place
- Test, evaluate and finalize MVP
- Draft a development timeline and assign responsibilities
- Identify key features necessary for MVP development
- Secure 2,000 downloads to ensure reaching our target of 1,000 active users
- Implement an aggressive digital marketing strategy
- Offer incentives for initial downloads
- Collaborate with influencers for promotion
3. OKRs to increase overall user acquisition
- Increase overall user acquisition
- Implement two impactful marketing campaigns targeting potential users
- Develop two unique, impactful marketing campaigns
- Execute and monitor the effectiveness of these campaigns
- Research what marketing strategies resonate with our target users
- Achieve 15% growth in website registration rates
- Initiate referral programs to encourage sign-ups
- Develop compelling, targeted website content
- Implement User-friendly and quick registration processes
- Improve onboarding process, reducing drop-offs by 20%
- Develop engaging, streamlined onboarding materials
- Identify stages in the process with high drop-off rates
- Implement personalized, supportive follow-up communications
4. OKRs to improve user onboarding
- Streamline onboarding and improve our user journey
- Increase the number of user invites sent during onboarding by 8%
- Reduce trial abandonment from 20% to 12%
- 90% of new sign-ups get through the entire onboarding flow
- Improve trial to paid conversion by 12%
User Onboarding 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 User Onboarding 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
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 User Onboarding OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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- OKRs to acquire the company award for exceptional teamwork
- OKRs to enhance overall Identity and Access Management system
- OKRs to to improve academic performance and achieve higher grades
- OKRs to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of billing and collection process
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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