>The unit of production is not the individual but the team >management back-off Agreed. My very first impression of OKRs was to see tham as business level Us

>The unit of production is not the individual but the team >management back-off Agreed. My very first impression of OKRs was to see tham as business level User Stories. You state a desired outcome with enough detail to be clear and then get out of the way to let skilled people solve the problem with a little creative autonomy. In the same way OKRs can float off into mission statement territory, they can get rendered ineffective in the other direction by being too prescriptive. I'd like to see a follow-up article titled: "Stop Letting OKRs masquerade as Work Breakdown Structure"