OKRs
OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) is a goal-setting framework where each high-level Objective is paired with 2–5 measurable Key Results, used by Google, Intel, and many modern companies to align focus across teams.
In depth
OKRs were popularized by Andy Grove at Intel and brought to Google by John Doerr. The Objective is a qualitative aspiration; Key Results are quantitative measures of progress. Setting OKRs is annual or quarterly; reviewing them is typically weekly or bi-weekly.
A good Key Result is graded on a 0.0–1.0 scale where 0.7 is the target — meaning OKRs should be ambitious enough that consistently hitting 1.0 indicates the goals were too easy. OKRs are explicitly NOT compensation tools.
OpenCharts supports OKR planning as flowchart-style trees (Company → Team → Individual) with attached data tables for KR progress, plus AI-assisted draft generation from a strategy doc.
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