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Section
titleSections


Section
titleDescription

In case the short description is not enough, the description section provides room for more detailed information about the objective.


Section
titleWhy?Motivation
Section
titleWhat?

Describe why this objective is useful for your business. State the problem to be solved.

Section
titleWho?

Describe who is involved in the objective.

List the stakeholders that will support the objective. There may be stakeholders who will work against it. Also specify the stakeholders taking advantage or taking disadvantage even if they do not have power to influence the outcome.

Section
titleHow?

Describe how the objective will be pursued.

Describe the (high-level) deliverables (aka output) required to achieve the outcomeYou may run the 5-whys to dig deeper.


Section
titleKey Results

List key results to measure the level of success in accomplish the objective. The completion of all key results must result in the achievment of the objective.

Check to pair key results to aim at quality and quantity to make sustainable progress.

Key results added as child documents are automatically listed.

Tip Box

If you need to merge the child documents with manually added documents in a single list then use the Table Merger Macro and the Tour Macro.

Make sure that the render style – e.g. table or definition list – is the same for all listings within the Table Merger Macro.



Section
titleCheck-ins

Provide a check-in for each interval within a cycle.

Check-ins added as child documents are automatically listed.


Section
titleSupporting Objectives

List all objectives that support this objective.

All objectives that declare this objective as their logical parent are automatically listed.


Section
titleRelated Objectives

List objectives that are related to get in touch with the owners to solve problems or discuss opportunities.

All objectives of the same type are automatically listed.


Section
titleSupporting Previous Objectives

List all objectives that support Add a reference to an objective this objective exends or continues with. All objectives that declare this objective as their logical parent are automatically listedThis makes it easier to access related information.

The list of previous objectives is automatically rendered.

This is one way of keeping track of objectives from the past that will be worked on in this cycle. Another option is to delegate to a previous objective. Both techniques can be combined.


Section
titleSubordinate Objectives

In case you need to organize objectives in a hierarchy then add additional objectives as children to this objective. Subordinate objectives will then be automatically listed.

Since objectives are typically short lived, there is probably no need to organize them for one OKR cycle in this way.


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