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How to articulate work against business objectives
Hello,
This might sound simple, but I think it’s harder than it seems to effectively articulate how your work is aligned to the business objectives or OKRs. Are there any frameworks, methodologies or otherwise advice on how to do this.
This is to effectively put forward a clear answer when being questioned c by management on how your work supports the business outcomes.
- maltalex 4y agoWhat do you mean by “work against business objectives”?
- hiven 4y agoWhat is it you don’t understand from the title and body of the message
- nivertech 4y agoOKRs are nice for tracking and measuring them, but they do not explain how to achieve them. Trying random product ideas will generate a lot of waste, and will have a very low probability of success. You need a highly-skilled and entreprenerial people to be able to fill the gap from the goals with measurable metrics to strategy, plan and execution. Basically you work like a research scientists, making a series of experiments, until you find an idea which moves your KRs. This is how I see it: Mission Objectives KRs (= goals + measurable metrics) Problems/Jobs/Opportunities (Problem-space, JTBD, OST) Ideas (Solution-space, Strategy, how to achive KR) Step-Projects (Validation/De-Risking/Experiment or feature delivery) Scopes (list of related tasks) Tasks (TODOs) Terms & Abbreviations: KRs: Key Results JTBD: Jobs-To-Be-Done OST: Opportunity Solution Tree Also see GIST (Goals-Ideas-Steps-Tasks) framework: https://itamargilad.com/gist-framework/ https://itamargilad.com/gist-framework/
- hiven 4y agoThis is really helpful, thank you for sharing.
- oconn 4y ago"This might sound simple, but I think it’s harder than it seems to..." This 100% – There is so much nuance to getting this right. Aligning: Strategy (Business/Product) -> OKRs -> Opportunities -> Work is never done well. I'm working to solve this problem with https://vistaly.com https://vistaly.com – by taking a very visual (and connected) approach to the problem, which is where, in my experience, alignment starts to break down. I'm a fan of OSTs for helping with this (https://www.producttalk.org/opportunity-solution-tree/ https://www.producttalk.org/opportunity-solution-tree/)
- hiven 4y agoThis is really cool, thank you for sharing. The visual element really helps convey the connection.