What is OKR?

The(OKR), or what is known as (Objectives and Key Results) is a goal-setting framework designed by
Andy Grove, former President, then CEO at Intel as away to achieve measurable workplace goals
through company-wide alignment, agility, and transparency.

In short, organizations use OKRs to set lofty, ambitious goals at the top of the company, then cascade
thes goals down, across all levels, to influence the contributions and output of teams and incividuals.
The OKR method is used to drive strategic direction and focus on the work that matters, while at the
same time, enabling everyone in the organization to move together to achieve common goals.

It starts by setting an Objective. The Objective is what should be achieved. Once that goal is defined,
Key Results are then used to identify the measurable steps a team or individual will take to achieve
that Objective. OKRs are typically set on an annual and quarterly basis, and will be defined at every
level of an organization-starting with the top, senior management, then cascading down to ever
team and individual. This process of cascading goals creates strong alignment across teams and
ensures everyone in the company is working in harmony to achieve the same outcome. Unlike other
traditional goal-setting methodology, OKRs enable a very specific goal-setting process.