Diego Pacheco Tech blog

OKR(Objective and key results) is the silicon valley approach for goals and strategic planning created at Intel around the 80s. OKR is not a prescriptive and complex method or methodology, OKR is a Go-To Philosophy which is super aligned with Agile.  Objectives in OKRs are a clearly defined goal followed by 1 or more key results that are specific and help to measure if we are achieving the goal. Key results can be measure in a non-binary way(did we achieve the goal? yes or no) but actually in a 0 to 100%.  Objectives need to be supported by initiatives. Activities help us to move forward and achieve objectives. OKRs become super popular at Google. I'm a fan of google in several aspects like Psychological safety, SRE and OKRs are definitely on this list. Google said OKR help them out to growth 10x. Who is using OKRs? Intel, Google, Slack, Netflix, Yahoo, Spotify, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, LinkedIn, and several other silicon valley companies.

Innovation is a must have for companies today and work with the product mindset. Given the digital transformation, we live in, having a product mindset is more than delivering software but it is empowering teams and working with OKR-based management models that focus on Business Objectives rather than what teams have to do. Development teams are motivated by challenges and they should have the freedom to make choices. But these choices can often have a very high cost for the business and low return. Cloud usage is certainly a great disruptive force for all digital businesses.  There are many ways to architect Cloud-Native solutions (get the most out of cloud) often for a short-term view many companies are opting for Managed Services solution. These solutions, which are often database solutions, but not limited to the database, give a lot of speed for software development but bring two major problems in the long run.