2 OKR examples for Cross Functional Teams

What are Cross Functional Teams OKRs?

The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.

Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.

We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Cross Functional Teams to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.

If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read more about the OKR meaning online.

Best practices for managing your Cross Functional Teams OKRs

Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.

Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇

Tip #1: Limit the number of key results

The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.

We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.

Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRs

Tip #2: Commit to the weekly check-ins

Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.

Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.

Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparency

Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row

Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples below). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.

As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.

Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.

Building your own Cross Functional Teams OKRs with AI

While we have some examples below, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. There are 2 options available to you.

Use our free OKRs generator
Use Tability, a complete platform to set and track OKRs and initiatives
including a GPT-4 powered goal generator

Best way to track your Cross Functional Teams OKRs

OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:

It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
It will highlight poorly set OKRs
It will surface execution risks
It improves transparency and accountability

Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.

Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRs

If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.

Cross Functional Teams OKRs templates

We've covered most of the things that you need to know about setting good OKRs and tracking them effectively. It's now time to give you a series of templates that you can use for inspiration!

You will find in the next section many different Cross Functional Teams Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).

Hope you'll find this helpful!

OKRs to enhance cross-functional collaboration in team

Enhance cross-functional collaboration in team
Increase the team's cross-functional skills by 30% by offering relevant training
Identify necessary cross-functional skills for team improvement
Implement regular skill development trainings
Find suitable training programs for these skills
Conduct minimum 3 team-building activities promoting inter-department collaboration each week
Identify suitable inter-department team-building activities
Schedule these activities for each week
Ensure each department's participation
Reduce project completion time by 15% through improving cross-functional performance
Implement collaborative software for seamless cross-functional communication
Streamline workflows across different departments
Provide training to improve cross-functional teamwork

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OKRs to enhance Developer Quality

Enhance Developer Quality
Foster collaboration by establishing cross-functional teams to deliver one successful project
Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of each team member to ensure clarity
Facilitate regular communication and meetings among team members to encourage collaboration
Identify key individuals from different departments to form cross-functional teams
Provide the necessary resources and support to enable teams to successfully deliver the project
Enhance technical skills through monthly training sessions with at least 90% attendance
Monitor and track attendance of each team member for training sessions
Provide relevant and informative training materials for each session
Communicate the importance of attending training sessions to all team members
Establish a monthly schedule for training sessions
Increase code quality by implementing code review process and achieving an average rating of 4 out of 5
Establish a designated code review team to review and provide constructive feedback on code submissions
Implement a systematic code review process and ensure all code changes undergo thorough review
Define clear coding guidelines and standards to be followed during the code review process
Regularly measure and track the code review ratings, identifying areas of improvement and addressing them
Improve efficiency by decreasing average bug fix time to less than 24 hours

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More Cross Functional Teams OKR templates

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.

OKRs resources

Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.

To learn: Complete 2024 OKR cheat sheet
Blog posts: ODT Blog
Success metrics: KPIs examples