Planning and Controlling Using OKRs in Government Affairs

Planning and Controlling Using OKRs in Government Affairs

Course Objectives: 

This Course seeks to support delegates as they: 

• Master the use of OKRs to introduce agility into a POLC management framework
• Prepare a methodical and well-established approach for the OKR journey
• Develop effective OKRs that drive focused strategic and operational business priorities
• Improve individual and team alignment using the OKR framework
• Drive a sustainable OKR environment to enhance performance   

Course Outline:  

The agile POLC framework – Introduction to OKRs: 

• The history of OKRs
• What are Objectives and Key Results (OKR)s
• Objectives and Key Results and the functions of management
• Organizational challenges and why we need OKRs
• Benefits of OKRs – efficiency versus effectiveness
• Case-Study  

Preparing for the OKR journey: 

• Why implement OKRs?
• Executive sponsorship – a critical component for successful OKR implementation
• Where to develop the OKRs
• An OKRs development plan
• The building blocks of OKRs: Mission, Vision, Strategy
• Roadmap Strategy – rethinking the planning process
• Case-Study 

Creating effective OKRs: 

• Creating powerful Objectives
• Objectives descriptions and tips for creating objectives
• Characteristics of effective key results and tips for creating key results
• Types of key results
• Scoring OKRs
• The process to set OKRs (how often, how many, the reviews, the adjustments, etc.
• OKRs and the allocation of resources and budgets
• Case-Study 

POLC framework and performance measurement through OKRs: 

• Connecting OKRs
• How to connect OKRs - a POLC perspective
• Creating alignment 
• Confirming the alignment of connected OKRs
• Managing with OKRs – measuring the what and how 

• The OKR interaction cycle
• Weekly meetings
• Mid-quarter check-ins
• Quarterly reviews
• OKRs and the forward, concurrent and feedback controls 

• Impact of OKRs on teams and project performance
• How to update OKRs periodically – the planning and control link
• Essential OKRs tools and techniques
• Case-Study 

Managing and controlling resistance to change: 

• OKRs: a project or a culture? The OKRs transformational journey
• Who owns the OKRs process?
• OKRs and organizational performance measures
• OKRs and performance reviews
• OKRs and incentive compensation
• Tops OKRs issues to be aware of
• Pitfalls to avoid when implementing OKRs
• Case-Study