- Engineering in tech companies plays a critical function. Engineering is responsible for developing the core product that is the crux of the business- what they are making and selling and what their customers are buying and using.
- Engineering is typically led by a VP (Engineering) along with the CTO. They are responsible for building the Engineering team, developing the Technology roadmap, assessing the time required to provide new features/products and delivering quality releases on that schedule.
- The Engineering department may include several functions – Data, Infrastructure, Reliability & Security, Developer Productivity, Enterprise Productivity, Project Management, Design, UX, Development, Integration, QA, Devops etc.
- The Engineering team ensures the realization of product vision through execution.
Here, we have showcased OKR examples for various domains within the Engineering department such as, Systems Integrations OKRs, Backend process OKRs, Mobile Applications OKRs, User Interface OKRs, Quality Assurance (QA) OKRs & Product management OKRs.
#1: Reliability & Security OKRs
Objective
Improve Product Stability
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Ensure APIs response time within 400 ms
APIs response timeDecrease production exceptions from 2000 to 200
Production ExceptionsDecrease TrackJS errors to 0
TrackJS Errors#2: Enterprise Productivity OKRs
Objective
Automate back-office business processes
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Launch customer feedback tool inside product
Customer Feedback ToolCapture billing operations in CRM
Billing OperationsDecrease billing related complaints from 20 to 2
Billing Related Complaints#3: Usability OKRs
Objective
Improve User Experience
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Increase task success rate from 70% to 90%
Task Success RateAchieve system usability Scale of at least 80
System Usability ScaleReduce time on task for opening new accounts from 5 mins to 2 mins
Minutes#4: Engineering OKRs
Objective
Improve Localization Footprint
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Increase number of languages supported from 5 to 15
Languages SupportedEnsure 90% of new features are maintained as part of the localization infrastructure
Localization InfrastructureCreate localization kit with documented project requirements
Localization Kit#5: Infrastructure OKRs
Objective
Improve Infrastructure Reliability
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Move to Google Cloud
Google CloudCreate a NOC to monitor every infrastructure component
NOCIntegrate Amazon SES for email communication
Amazon SES#6: Engineering OKRs
Objective
Implement Action Center for Notifications
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Design a user-friendly Action Center module
Action Center ModuleIncrease customizable email notifications from 0 to 20 for Action Center events
Customizable Email NotificationsIntegrate at least 3 applications into Action Center
Native Integrations#7: Mobile OKRs
Objective
Engage Mobile Users
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Launch 3 voice assistant integrations (Siri, Google assistant, Cortana)
Voice Assistant IntegrationsIncrease Android & iOS installs from 500 to 2000
Android & iOS Installs100% check new user interface
New User Interface#8: QA OKRs
Objective
Increase Efficiency of QA Processes
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Increase unit test coverage from 75% to 90%
Unit Test CoverageDecrease number of high priority bugs in production from 2 to 0
Number of High Priority BugsMaintain average automation test suite run time at most 15 mins after the build is deployed in Production
Average Automation test suite run timeImprove overall QA process for a release
Overall QA Process#9: Usability OKRs
Objective
Improve Product Usability
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Establish a usability score of 85
Usability Score Decrease bugs from 25 to 0
BugsImplement navigational improvements, consolidated boards to improve user experience
User Experience#10: QA OKRs
Objective
Improve Development Process Quality
Target Date: Q3-2020
Visibility: All Employees
Key Results
Maintain number of bugs identified in production at most 3 per week
Number of BugsDecrease mean recovery time from 48 hours to 24 hours
Mean Recovery TimeDecrease mean time to detection from 6 hours to 2 hours
Mean Time to DetectionConclusion
Profit.co’s OKR software provides an intuitive interface to define your Engineering OKRs and also comes with 300+ predefined KPIs to make OKR adoption easy.
Please also check out our other OKR example pages, HR OKRs, Marketing OKRs, Procurement OKRs and Sales OKRs.
