Writing good OKRs

OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) is a goal setting system that was popularised by Google.  To summarise, the objective defines what you want to achieve and the key result defines how you will measure progress towards achieving the objective.  In this blog post, I share my thoughts on how to write good OKRs.  I focus […]

Not all objectives are created equal

In this blog post, I explore how assigning economic values to objectives can help organisations and teams make more effective prioritisation decisions. Organisations start initiates to help them achieve strategic objectives. They often produce tables like Table 1 below to aid in prioritisation and ensure they have a balanced portfolio of work. Table 1 indicates […]

How Government digital teams can use Cost of Delay to prioritize work

Over the past year I’ve been learning a lot about cost of delay.  In this blog post I explain what I’ve learned so far, and how it can be used by teams to prioritise work.  My focus is on teams that are following the UK Government Digital Service Standard, but it can be of use […]

Using Kata to help teams deliver value faster

Kaizen, Kanban, Kaikaku.  We can’t get enough of these Japanese words in agile!  Here’s a lesser known one: Kata.   Kata is a term used by Mike Rother to describe a set of routines that Toyota use to ingrain a culture of continuous improvement in their organisation.  Each routine is practiced and repeated so that it […]