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/ˌəʊ.keɪˈɑːz/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A quarterly ritual that converts work into numbers, then converts the numbers back into the work that was always going to happen anyway. Graded green by the same team that set them.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Objectives and Key Results: a method for setting an ambitious aim and the few measurable outcomes that would prove it reached.

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See also

maturity modelA five-level scale on which every organization assesses itself at a confident level three.
north starA fixed point chosen for navigation and consulted by no one steering. It is admired at the offsite and unreachable from the desk, which is rather the point of a star.
quick winA dashboard delivered fast to defer the slow question of who acts on it. The win is quick because the hard part was left out of scope.
roadmapA map drawn for a vehicle that has not been built, on a road that resets each quarter. Everything important lives just past the visible horizon.