okr at binary studio
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OKR explained
1.5 years in the making
WHY?
1.Help people to develop their skills
2. that’s it
Company’s goals
Required characteristics
Transparent - should be clear to everyone
Public - should keep everyone in the loop
Unobtrusive - should not introduce complexity
Bottom-up - should embrace initiative
HOW?
OKRs - Objectives and Key ResultsObjective - goal a person wants to achieve
Key Results - results of actions taken to achieve the objective
OKR’s track record1970 1999
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Objectives●Set by a person herself
●Set annually to outline long-terms goals for a person
●Revisited and refined quarterly
●Mentor with a person reviews OKRs outcomes every quarter
Objectives usually embrace
Ongoing project skills (e.g. redux framework or NodeJS knowledge)
English skills - pass test for certain level
General professional skills improvement (design patterns, algorithms)
Secondary professional skills (e.g. UI, QA)
Technical community activity (articles, open source)
Leadership and soft skills
Key Results●Measurable
●Self-assessed at the end of the period (0 - 1)
●Can be binary - 0 or 1
●Ambitious, so that normal performance would give 0.6 - 0.7
Typical Key Resultsobtain a certificate
read a book
develop a pet project
take an Academy PRO course
take a third-party course (coursera)
coach an Academy PRO
coach the Academy
write an article / create open-source module
Knowledge - improve existing skills
Expertise - gain completely new skills
Projects - achieve goals of the projects person aims to work on
KEP - Knowledge, Expertise & ProjectsJavaScript, C#, English
Big Data, UI, Web Security
SwissPhone, Academy Portal, UI ebook
OKR at Binary Studio
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wivCxy08hFrvl1Rm9j9rVOiXT3LBKtfmlmu_P8F_Nj4/edit?usp=sharing
OKR 2016 - Alex Kovalov
● Pilot project involving junior developers
● Will be expanded to middle developers later on
● Will be eventually expanded to seniors as well
WHAT’S MORE?
Developer Levels
Performance ReviewCompetency Test
Performance ReviewCompetency Test
Performance ReviewCompetency TestAcademy Coaching
Intermediate English
Upper-Intermediate EnglishExternal Certification
Upper-Intermediate EnglishExternal Certification
3.5+years
2+years
3+months
Middle
Senior
Junior
Academy graduate Pre-Intermediate English
Certifications
Binary Studio covers 70% of a certificate’s cost
Feel free to reach out to us if you are willing to get certified
Competency TestIs taken by engineers when they aim to level-up
Test task related to the day-to-day job
Has a set of evaluation criteria
Performance Review + 360 Feedbacks
360 feedbacks:
Colleagues to each other
Leads to team members
Team members to leads
Performance Review:
Quarterly meeting on performance
Outlines all the good moments
Outlines places for improvement
Feedback
Ideas, improvements, volunteering