I worked at a startup for a bit that started OKRs and I found experience super enjoyable; to the point where working in a more relaxed environment(for lack of a better description) is kinda hard these days.
The two things people and teams struggled the most with though, IMHO, is:
A.) Coming up with a good OKR that met longer term, higher level company priorities that intersected your work.
B.) Coming up with a good ORK in terms of measurable key results.
It can be tough and time consuming to get the measurements in place necessary to gauge the results, or even make a case for the OKR in the first place(incidentally this is the dirty secret of SRE IMHO). We would pro-actively get data collection in place on occasion for reasons that included helping to launch and score future OKRs.
True. I've worked at several companies where OKRs were implemented and I find it valuable. Everyone does them differently. People still have trouble understanding and implementing them.
To address some of the pain points with OKRs I started building my own saas about a year ago https://simpleokr.com
Agreed. There is a peace that comes with knowing what you are working on is aligned with the company, and that management has good visibility into how you are doing.
And if you take your job seriously, it is really not that hard to keep up with.
The two things people and teams struggled the most with though, IMHO, is:
A.) Coming up with a good OKR that met longer term, higher level company priorities that intersected your work.
B.) Coming up with a good ORK in terms of measurable key results.
It can be tough and time consuming to get the measurements in place necessary to gauge the results, or even make a case for the OKR in the first place(incidentally this is the dirty secret of SRE IMHO). We would pro-actively get data collection in place on occasion for reasons that included helping to launch and score future OKRs.