Setting goals is an integral part of an organization. It helps the organization determine where it wants to reach and how does it plan to get there. One of the most common goal setting techniques is SMART goals. SMART stands for specific, measurable, actionable, relevant and time-bound. This technique is intended to simplify the overwhelming
Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years? This used to be (and still is) one of the most common questions asked in job interviews. Very few have clarity about what they will achieve in the next 5 years. Most make up hypothetical scenarios that they hope will impress their interviewers enough to
A fair bit of theoretical material exists around Objectives & Key Results. But implementing OKRs is hard. Especially if you are doing it for the first time. UpRaise for Employee Success is a Jira app that we develop & support for managing OKRs. More often than not we come across the question – ‘Do Jira issues
We’ve been consistently writing about the theory behind OKRs. Its benefits, advantages over traditional goal setting etc. Often, we’ve been getting requests for practical guidance in implementing OKRs. This article reflects on our experience of implementing OKRs the first time. To put it on record, we faced almost the same set of challenges as many other
Strategy plays an important role in guiding the company in the right direction and to help achieve its Vision. It is also the key to staying competent in the market. However, according to this HBR article, many companies still experience a gap between organisational strategy and its execution. Top management of the organisation spends large amounts
If you conducted a company wide survey, how many employees would be able to correctly state the company’s goals and objectives? For that matter, how many do you think will be able to say they know their own goals and objectives? Are they aware in what direction should their efforts be directed? Are they making
While all companies try & put a lot of efforts in achieving the set goals, very few actually invest in setting the right ones. Goal setting is a powerful tool that can be used to motivate and challenge employees, towards achieving the company’s strategic targets. However, there is a right way and a wrong way
Program management is the process of managing several related projects, often with the intention of improving an organisation’s performance. In practice & in its aims it is closely related to systems engineering, industrial engineering, change management & business transformation.(Wikipedia) Program management is a sort of mysterious discipline, for many reasons. Some of them being it usually
UpRaise, an OKR app is an add-on for JIRA, a project management tool. One of the frequent questions that we hear from our evaluators is – how objective-key result relationship is different from project-task, epic-story (or whatever combinations you can think of) relationship. In this article, we address this potential source of confusion and how OKR methodology
“A vision without a plan is just a dream. A plan without a vision is just drudgery…but a vision with a plan can change the world.” – Old Proverb An old proverb but true nonetheless. Any company that fails to create plans on how to achieve its Vision is doomed from the very beginning. The