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The Objectives are the strategic tasks your team (department, company, etc.) wants to achieve.
Good Objectives are:
Ambitious yet achievable: They should stretch the team to achieve more but remain realistic enough to be attainable.
Qualitative and motivational: They should describe desired outcomes and inspire action.
Simple and concise: An objective should be easily understandable and ideally not exceed one sentence.
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The Key Results turn Objectives into quantifiable outcomes.
They should be specific and measurable to track progress effectively. Good Key Results are:
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Based on them, a team might want to spend a Sprint to set up the automated regression testing, another to set up a test case management system, and another few Sprints to increase test coverage.
This way, they will be able to sufficiently cover this Objective and complete tasks that are aligned with it.
OKRs Are About Change
This might seem obvious, especially if you are familiar with the framework, but OKRs should not contain everything your team does. OKRs should drive significant changes in the company.
You do not need to link every day-to-day task that is considered Business as Usual to your OKRs.
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Combining OKRs and Scrum within OKR Board for Jira
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NOTE: The OKR Board for Jira works across the entire instance, and any existing |
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Project will be able to access its features. However, if you do not have a Project yet — go to Projects → Create Project → Product Management. Pick a name for your project, then click Create Project. |
Establish your Objectives. Click Objectives on the Home screen. Click Create, pick the OKR Level (for a primer on those, refer to the OKR Alignment and Breakdown Guide), describe your goal, and select the OKR owner.
Establish your Key Results. Click on the Objective to open it, then click Create Key Result inside the Objective and select Key Result from the dropdown menu. You can have multiple Key Results per Objective. We recommend having 3-5 Key Results to keep everyone focused.
Link a Jira Epic to the Key Result. Open the Key Result, then click Add Nested Item.
If you already have a suitable Jira Issue, click Link Jira Issue, then search for the Epic (Story, Task) via the Issue number or title.
If you do not have a suitable Jira Issue, click Create Jira Issue in the dropdown menu. Select Epic as the Issue Type*, then fill in the Jira fields as you normally would.
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Repeat the process for other Objectives and Key Results until you have your strategic and tactical Objectives mapped out through Jira and OKR Board. From here on out, all of your linked OKRs will be tracked automatically.
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Conclusion
The integration of OKR and Scrum optimizes productivity and fosters a culture of continuous improvement.
OKR Board for Jira combines these frameworks into a powerful Scrum OKR structure that directly bridges the gap between strategic objectives and day-to-day execution.
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To learn more about the integration between these frameworks,
Sign sign up for the OKR Accelerator program: . This is an Oboard Original training course that will teach you all you need to know about OKR implementation.
Alternatively, our Consulting team will happily tailor your OKRs and Scrum implementation to perfection!