Do this to Manage Craft and Manage Your Product Goals
No doubt — our end goal is to achieve these product goals for the time-box considered. I love prescribing 90-day time-boxes as 90-days short enough to have strategic focus and long enough to deliver some great value!
So, What is a Product Goal?
Your Product Goal is the North Star which refers to a clear and overarching goal or vision that guides your product team in a specific direction. The North Star plays a crucial role in providing direction, alignment, and purpose to your product teams. It acts as a constant reference point that guides decision-making, motivates you, and you team stay focused on its long-term objectives while remaining adaptable to changing circumstances.
Craft the Quarterly Roadmap
Well, here is the game-changing tip! Most teams try defining their goals in one liner statement — let’s me tell you — No Way! It’ almost impossible to clearly articulate a goal in a ten-words sentence — Here is the game changing formula!
Use OKRs — yes, Objectives and Key Results!
What are OKRs?
In the book, Measure What Matters written by John Doer, Larry Page the founder of Google, wrote his forward:
As much as I hate process, good ideas with great execution are how you make magic. And, that’s where OKRs come in.
Larry Page further emphasizes that
OKRs are a simple process that helps drive varied organizations forward. We have adopted it over the years. we have made it a blueprint and make it yours, based on what you want to see happen.
For leaders, OKRs give a lot of visibility onto an organization. They also, provide a productive way to push-back. For example, you might ask “Why can’t users load a video on YouTube almost instantly? Isn’t that important than this other goal you are planning to do in the other quarter?
OKR Format
Tracking on Progress Made
Track the progress weekly —this helps you to make the things transparent, inspect and adapt. Here is the proposed board settings — just a few columns
A simple Workflow to help you streamline progress tracking
A few simple steps to track where you are — this is a guaranteed yet a very simple workflow to keep your teams create enough transparency about the progress made!
