OKR Planning

OKR Planning Skill

Overview

Specialized skill for Objectives and Key Results planning and tracking. Enables product teams to set effective OKRs, track progress, and maintain alignment with organizational goals.

Capabilities

OKR Creation

• Generate OKRs from strategic objectives
• Validate KR measurability and specificity
• Ensure objectives are inspiring and ambitious
• Create nested/cascading OKR structures
• Define scoring criteria (0.0-1.0)

Alignment

• Align team OKRs with company OKRs
• Map dependencies between team OKRs
• Identify coverage gaps in objectives
• Ensure vertical and horizontal alignment
• Create OKR cascade visualizations

Tracking and Reporting

• Calculate OKR progress and scores
• Generate OKR review reports
• Identify at-risk objectives
• Track confidence levels over time
• Create weekly/monthly check-in templates

Target Processes

This skill integrates with the following processes:

• quarterly-roadmap.js - OKR-driven roadmap planning
• product-vision-strategy.js - Strategic OKR alignment
• metrics-dashboard.js - KR metric tracking
• stakeholder-alignment.js - OKR communication

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "mode": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["create", "review", "score", "align"],
      "description": "Operation mode"
    },
    "strategicContext": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "companyObjectives": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
        "teamMission": { "type": "string" },
        "timeframe": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "existingOKRs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "objective": { "type": "string" },
          "keyResults": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "kr": { "type": "string" },
                "target": { "type": "string" },
                "current": { "type": "string" },
                "confidence": { "type": "number" }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "inputGoals": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "High-level goals to convert to OKRs"
    }
  },
  "required": ["mode"]
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "okrs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "objective": { "type": "string" },
          "rationale": { "type": "string" },
          "keyResults": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "kr": { "type": "string" },
                "metric": { "type": "string" },
                "baseline": { "type": "string" },
                "target": { "type": "string" },
                "stretch": { "type": "string" },
                "measurable": { "type": "boolean" }
              }
            }
          },
          "alignedTo": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
        }
      }
    },
    "alignment": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "coverageScore": { "type": "number" },
        "gaps": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
        "dependencies": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" } }
      }
    },
    "scorecard": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "overallScore": { "type": "number" },
        "byObjective": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" } },
        "atRisk": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
        "onTrack": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
      }
    },
    "recommendations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

const okrs = await executeSkill('okr-planning', {
  mode: 'create',
  strategicContext: {
    companyObjectives: [
      'Achieve $10M ARR',
      'Expand to 3 new markets',
      'Reach 90% customer satisfaction'
    ],
    teamMission: 'Deliver product experiences that drive customer adoption',
    timeframe: 'Q2 2026'
  },
  inputGoals: [
    'Improve user onboarding experience',
    'Launch mobile application',
    'Reduce churn in enterprise segment'
  ]
});

Dependencies

• OKR frameworks and best practices
• Scoring algorithms