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Succeeding with Agile & OKRs

Succeeding with Agile & OKRs

A short guide to OKRs: writing, organizing to deliver and the pitfalls of using. Allan draws on his practical experience with teams adopting OKRs.

2021

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Should I rollover the team OKRs?

“Should I rollover OKRs which the team didn’t meet?”

Apr 22

Should I rollover the team OKRs?

Apr 22

Reach your North Star with a compass not a roadmap

At the mention of product roadmaps I’m reminded of the scene in Blackadder II where he becomes a explorer. Lord Melchett hands him a scroll…

Apr 8

Reach your North Star with a compass not a roadmap

Apr 8

Priority #2 postscript: Eisenhower and costs

As I was drafting my Priority #2 Problem post I could hear readers in my ear saying “You need the Eisenhower matrix — divide work into…

Mar 25

Priority #2 postscript: Eisenhower and costs

Mar 25

The sound of #NoBacklogs

Duarte Vasco — of #NoEstimates fame — has just published a podcast I recorded with him a few weeks ago.

Mar 18

Mar 18

The Priority #2 problem I share with Leeds

Leeds is the largest city in Europe without a metro system of some sort. It is a successful city which would benefit from a tram system…

Mar 11

The Priority #2 problem I share with Leeds

Mar 11

Building it isn’t the problem — guess what is?

I try my best to hide it but a few people know, in an alternative life I could have been a very happy train spotter. Perhaps its just an…

Feb 25

Building it isn’t the problem — guess what is?

Feb 25

Race against risk

There are those who think “projects can save money by going slow.” I’ve never quite understood this because the same things still need…

Feb 6

Race against risk

Feb 6

Race against risk

There are those who think “projects can save money by going slow.” I’ve never quite understood this because the same things still need…

Feb 6

Race against risk

Feb 6

New year: out with the old

My first blog of 2025, and following my annual procedure I have created a new archive for this year’s posts. Then I reviewed all posts that…

Jan 14

New year: out with the old

Jan 14

Core message: Succeeding with OKRs

Perhaps surprisingly “this”what is your core message?” is one of the tougher question I’ve been asked lately. My problem is, while know the…

Dec 5, 2024

Core message: Succeeding with OKRs

Dec 5, 2024

Allan Kelly

Allan Kelly

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Advisor, Author, Keynote Speaker: Partnering with tech teams to shed inefficient ways & create predictable sustainable work with happier employees; agile & OKRs

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