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Why OKRs are not effective in practice

  • They don't take enough of the leader's time
    • OKRs should be tightly integrated between individuals, teams, groups and company
    • Leaders should spend most of the time setting goals and measurements, instead of on execution
  • The process starts too late and takes too long
    • This becomes a death spiral with project deadlines
  • OKRs aren't fully committed to
    • You might be already working on something that is not aligned with OKRs and convince yourself that is also very important
  • There are no real consequences for failing OKRs
    • Just write new OKRs or push them to the next quarter
    • ==Goals should be the last thing you consider, identify the high levels of the stack clearly articulated such that the goals make sense and measure progress towards a strategic outcome==
  • Strategy is the overarching direction the company is moving towards, they are not goals
    • Mission -> Company Strategy -> Product Strategy -> Product Roadmap -> Product Goals