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Shared OKRs/Projects - Multiple Teams & Owners

Last updated on Oct 24, 2024
  • The Shared OKRs/Projects feature in Peoplebox is a great way for multiple teams & owners to collaborate on their key priorities and initiatives with equal ownership.

When to create shared OKRs/Projects with Multiple Teams/Owners?

  • When an OKR is a key priority for 2 or more functional teams and the team leads need to have shared accountability as the exact contribution cannot be proportioned or separately broken down between them. When both teams are supposed to commonly own and work towards the outcomes, it is good to tag multiple stakeholders and not just a single team/owner as accountable.
Example 1:
OBJECTIVE: Enhance the onboarding strategy.
KEY RESULT: Implement a new program to increase the repeat rate of 1st-time bookers. 
[Entity: Team(s) - CRM Team & Marketing Team]
[Owners: CRM Lead & Marketing Lead]

Example 2: 
OBJECTIVE: Build a world class Engineering org.
KR/INITIATIVE: Invest in 2 Training & Development sessions + Capstone Projects for all 4 engg. teams this quarter
[Entity: Engineering Department]
[Owner: VP-Engineering & All Engineering Managers]

Example 3:
OKR: Facilitate seamless Annual & Quarterly Goal planning across the org.
[Entity: Org level]
[Owners: CEO & VP - Strategy & Operations]
  • In the above examples, if not for Peoplebox's flexible shared OKR model, it gets cumbersome to create duplicate and redundant OKRs for every team/individual when they are supposed to be commonly owned, worded & measured

What are the different types of Shared OKRs possible in Peoplebox?

  • OKRs at an Org entity level - can have Multiple Owners

  • OKRs at Team entity level - can have Multiple Teams tagged & respective Team admins/members tagged as owners

  • OKRs at Individual entity level - can have Multiple users assigned as Owners

Note: A DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) is accountable for ensuring that OKRs are being properly defined, measured and accomplished. Multiple owner assignments can hamper accountability and encourage a lack of discipline. Please review if it is absolutely essential for your OKR process before adopting it.

When NOT to create shared OKRs?

  • For Org/Team/Individual level OKRs, where there is clarity on the exact Key Result metrics or projects to be owned by respective teams & owners, do not create a single OKR and share it among all, instead create an Objective at the required entity level and create respective single team level Key Results owned by a single DRI so it is deconflicted.
Example:

OBJECTIVE: Skyrocket revenue in 2021!
[Entity: Org level]
[Owner: CEO]

KR1: Double the ARR every quarter.
[Entity: Sales]
[Owner: VP-Sales] 

KR2: Maintain a 120% Net Revenue Retention Rate.
[Entity: Customer Success]
[Owner: VP-CS]
  • For cross-functional teams where all different stakeholders are part of respective mission teams, the Objective can be owned by a single team with KRs being worked upon by respective function-related DRIs within the team.
Example:

OBJECTIVE: Provide best-in-class integration experience for customers.
[Entity: Team - Integrations & Partnerships Mission team]
[Owner: Mission Team Owner]

KR1: Go above & beyond on 5 Enterprise & 5 SMB platform integrations.
[Team: Integrations & Partnerships Mission team]
[Owner: Product lead]
KR2: Enhance the Integration sync time performance by 3x.
[Team: Integrations & Partnerships Mission team]
[Owner: Engineering lead]
KR3: Partner with the top 3 industry leading HRIS providers.
[Team: Integrations & Partnerships Mission team]
[Owner: Marketing/Partnership lead]

How to create shared OKRs for multiple teams?

  • Click on the "Create Goal" button on the top panel to create a new OKR

  • Once you enter the objective/ Key Result and want to share it with another team, select multiple teams from the Department selection under the Details tab.

  • You can either scroll down for your team of choice or search for the respective team in the search bar

  • Once you select the team and save the Objective/ Key Result, you will start sharing the OKR with that team

  • Users can also assign multiple teams to Projects in a similar way

How to create shared OKRs with multiple users as owners?

  • Click on the "Create Goal" button on the top panel to create a new OKR

  • Once you enter the objective/ Key Result and want to share it with another individual, choose owners from the ‘Owner’ option. Here you can assign multiple owners for the OKR

  • Once you select the owner and save the Objective/ Key Result, you will start sharing the OKR with that individual

  • The user who has been assigned as the owner will also receive a Slack/email notification notifying the same