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Strategic Planning

Planning Work with OKRs

Discover how OKRs transform planning in agile environments for modern software teams.

Jeff Gothelf
Oct 18, 2021 • 5 min read
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Summary

Explore the shift from output-based to outcome-based planning using OKRs in agile environments. This approach embraces unpredictability and agility, focusing on short cycles and hypothesis-driven development. Learn how to prioritize work, manage backlogs, and make evidence-based decisions that align with strategic goals. This resource is essential for teams looking to enhance their planning processes and achieve meaningful outcomes. Dive into practical strategies for implementing OKRs effectively and transform your team's approach to planning.

Takeaways

  • Conduct regular reviews to refine strategies and improve outcomes.
  • Embrace agility to manage unpredictability in software development.
  • Focus on outcomes rather than outputs to adapt to changing environments.
  • Prioritize work based on impact and relevance to strategic goals.
  • Utilize short cycles and hypotheses to drive product development.
  • Agility is the organizational ability to change course based on newly discovered evidence. It reduces the risk of committing to ideas that don't work and ensure the organization increasingly deploys its people and resources in the direction it mostly likely succeeds.
  • The best way to plan when working with objectives and key results is in short cycles with a high tolerance for ambiguity and not just a willingness, but an appetite for course correction.
  • The organizational teams may face unpredictability while planning work when they start targeting outcomes with their OKRs instead of outputs.

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