Please note: This is a user-restricted feature. Only admin and department admin users are able to create department OKRs. OKRs are only available for Momentum plan customers.
It’s worth reading our primer on OKR scopes here before getting started with department OKRs. It’s also worth reviewing our guide to OKRs.
Shared OKRs are a core concept of the Objectives and Key Results framework. By sharing objectives, organisations can create alignment and focus across the company.
It’s simple to create department OKRs in Weekly10. These will be visible to all employees. Any team or employee within this department can choose to align their own OKRs through to this department-level OKR.
Creating department OKRs in Weekly10 for web
Creating department OKRs in Weekly10 for Microsoft Teams
On web:
- Go to the ‘Organisation’ or 'My Team' tab and select ‘OKRs’
- Set scope to ‘Department’
- Select the date range that you wish to set the OKR for. The view will default to the current quarter, but you can change this.
- Click on ‘Add OKR’
- Enter a description and start and end date. This should be a high-level strategic objective for the whole department to work towards. Your objective should be aspirational, use simple, short language and contain no specific numbers (e.g. 'Offer the best customer support in the world')
- You can align this OKR to any higher-level OKR thay has already been created, if appropriate.
- Enter at least one Key Result (ideally no more than three) which will measure success against this objective. We would suggest focussing on output rather than effort in the metric chosen. More details about OKR units can be accessed here.
- The baseline value of your Key Result should be the starting point (for example $0 revenue) and the target value the final aim ($1,000,000). OKRs should be stretch targets and as a result are expected on average to hit around 70% of target.
- Enter a ‘Responsible Person’ who will be assigned the responsibility to update this KR on a regular basis (it will not form part of their personal OKRs.)
- Click ‘Save’
- The OKR will now be created and visible within the current dashboard
On Microsoft Teams:
- Go to the 'My Team' or 'Me' tab and select ‘OKRs’
- Set scope to ‘Department’
- Select the date range that you wish to set the OKR for. The view will default to the current quarter, but you can change this.
- Click on ‘Add OKR’
- Enter a description and start and end date. This should be a high-level strategic objective for the whole department to work towards. Your objective should be aspirational, use simple, short language and contain no specific numbers (e.g. 'Offer the best customer support in the world')
- You can align this OKR to any higher-level OKR thay has already been created, if appropriate.
- Enter at least one Key Result (ideally no more than three) which will measure success against this objective. We would suggest focussing on output rather than effort in the metric chosen. More details about OKR units can be accessed here.
- The baseline value of your Key Result should be the starting point (for example $0 revenue) and the target value the final aim ($1,000,000). OKRs should be stretch targets and as a result are expected on average to hit around 70% of target.
- Enter a ‘Responsible Person’ who will be assigned the responsibility to update this KR on a regular basis (it will not form part of their personal OKRs.)
- Click ‘Save’
- The OKR will now be created and visible within the current dashboard
What next?
Updating Department OKRs (read more)
The Key Results will be updated either via the OKR screen and/or via the Weekly10 check-in (by the responsible person). The progress of the OKR will be calculated on an evenly weighted basis from the Key Result progress as a %. As always, OKRs should be stretch targets and hitting 70% is deemed as success.
Editing Department OKRs (read more)
OKRs can be edited at any point by an admin user by selecting the ‘Context’ menu on the right side of the screen. An audit trail is maintained.
Completing or archiving OKRs (read more)
An admin can archive (or complete) an OKR from the ‘Context’ menu at any time. This will mean no further updates of the OKR will be recorded.
You can view the progress of an OKR at any point by clicking on the progress circle or from the ‘Context’ menu by clicking on ‘View Progress’. This will display a progress chart and breakdown of each update provided against the Key Results.