Quantive Results Erfahrungen

Best one to get started with OKR

Kommentare: The most important thing KOAN is solving is giving everyone in my company a focus - a kind of company dashboard - and also a kind of priorities - if it is not helping you close your KOAN goal then you are doing wrong.

Vorteile:

Simple interface and focus in getting started with OKR - almost every other software that I researched were either bloatware or trying to do too many things (and hence confusing).

Nachteile:

OKRs are probably the most trending and least understood topic in the management today - and every body is interpreting it in their own way - I think couple of content around OKR (which is based on KOAN OKR philosophy) and few webinars for the teams would be awesome.

Great for aligning across diverse functions and large teams - keeps the drumbeat through the noise

Kommentare: Our organisation has a number of very different parts to it, and many volunteers and external partner entities we work with too. We were also radically ramping up our offering and thus changing in the skills and processes needed. At the time we implemented Koan, and OKRs, it felt like a thousand "key" (haha) results were needed. And keeping everyone clear on the purpose and core measures of success in order that they can stay aligned yet go full speed using their own initiative and creativity is hard at the best of times. Koan was easy and quick to implement, and together with the people and physical world OKR activities, enabled us to navigate through that noise and achieve a significant amount of our stretch goals during the 14 months since we implemented it. It has also been easy to modify and change our implementation as our maturity with OKRs has grown.

Vorteile:

It is easy to use. The structure forces you to clarity on the key activities or work streams by which you intend to achieve your primary objectives and enables 360 communication across and within teams and divisions. You soon see any misunderstandings about what's important or the gaps between teams, functions and individual roles and can quickly act to remedy those. It's a vital leadership tool as the organisation grows, and frankly even when it's small, to achieve real alignment and focus. You could theoretically model and track your OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) on a spreadsheet, but that simply doesn't work in practice. The weekly updating and reflection functionality provides a valuable drumbeat. Sometimes that is uncomfortable, but therein lies the value because it keeps bringing you back to your intended priorities and plans across teams, individuals and the organisation.

Nachteile:

The Cons are not so much about the software itself but about the nature of OKR implementation. Do not be under the illusion that the software can do it for you. The software is a vital tool, but you still have to do the hard work of figuring out with your team members, the MOST important objectives for that stage in your organisation's growth, and then selecting the small number of KEY result that will get you there - across multiple functions, teams and levels of responsibility. If you're only getting started with OKRs, expect to have to revise and redo. And treat that as valuable in itself. Lack of clarity in the physical world will manifest on the tool. Seeing and fixing that is incredibly valuable, but it's hard and takes persistence. Re support, we're 8 to 10 hours ahead of the USA, so I'd love to see them expand support beyond US business hours.

Very limited

Vorteile:

You can set deadlines for tasks and give awards to employees.

Nachteile:

The free tier was very limited and the experience could be better

Koan helps us tremendously with so many things!

Kommentare: I first discovered the OKR methodology at my previous company, where we used to write and track on that via Google Sheets. We were also using another SaaS product just for reflections.
When joined my current company I was happy to learn KOAN is implemented and we can do everything in one place. The platform really helps you as an individual and as a part of a team, and a company. I really recommend it.

Vorteile:

The platform is very friendly, fast, intuitive, and keeps updating. I love how everything is saved automatically and also the fact we can access it from any device. Also the reminders features are helpful.

Nachteile:

Nothing that I can think of....everything has been going smoothly for me.

Ease of Coordination and Transparency

Kommentare: My team is fairly distributed, and Koan gives us great consistency for checking in against our goals and gaining insight into what we're all working on. I'm also finding as we work more and more cross-functionally that the ability to have initiatives that are owned by multiple teams is very valuable.

Vorteile:

The weekly reflection is lightweight but powerful for both progress monitoring as well as forward planning.

Nachteile:

It still requires a lot of manual input and manipulation of items one at a time, rather than being able to do imports or batch modify items. It makes the process of using it a little more cumbersome, but it doesn't significantly inhibit its main functionality.

Views of an OKR Consultant

Kommentare: Fantastic. Great product, great service, great value All of the clients that we have introduced to the platform love and that is what we need

Vorteile:

As an OKR Consultant I see numerous pieces of software - the stand out feature of Koan is its focus on facilitating conversation. The talks that take place about OKRs between teams, peers, and up and down the chain are by far the most valuable thing that the OKR framework brings to an organisation. Koan helps to keep these structured and regular with all of our clients

Nachteile:

Nothing, in particular, I don't like about the product. Different pieces of OKR software have different priorities, but Koan is definitely the one that fits my methodology the best

Thank you for helping us

Kommentare: Gtmhub help me to have better organization and traceability of our ideas

Vorteile:

everything is clear and exactly arranged

Nachteile:

I like least - inability to delete when I have write simething with mistake

Very practical

Vorteile:

Koan allows easily defining OKRs and their leads, and the weekly reflections feature is great for keeping the team engaging and aware of their progress. What I liked most, though, are the integrations with Jira and Slack. In Slack it allows check-ins, for asynchronous stand-ups, and from Jira it allows adding pulling issues into progress or challenges in weekly reflections. Overall, it's being a great tool for the team.

Nachteile:

In the past there were a few hiccups in adding more than one item in weekly reflections, for example, but it didn't take long to be fixed. Currently, I sometimes miss issues from Jira, to add to reflections. And it would be great to configure check-in reminders on a biweekly basis instead of weekly.

Get serious about your objectives with Koan

Kommentare: Koan helped us focus around our objectives and key results like no other software has. We use this actively every week in an all hands where we walk through everyones weekly reflections and we also get an arena for immediate feedback with regards to our objectives, both within teams and on a company level. This has helped us become more focused and structured. As a team lead, giving personal feedback on reflections has been great as well.

Vorteile:

After trying quite a few different solutions out there, we landed on Koan. It is the most feature complete with regards to doing Objectives and Key Results. Its full support for teams and the ability to create high level company goals and link these together from a lower team level is just a breeze. Love the ease of linking in general. Makes it a powerful way to align an organization with multiple teams. The weekly reflection part is super useful and the ability to constantly score our progress.

Nachteile:

Not too much to say on the con side; I do however miss a native mobile solution - but that might just be me. We're a software development company and we'd also love to see how we could link our OKRs to our roadmap, and perhaps even fully integrated.

Simple, easy-to-use OKR software

Kommentare: We are a small and growing team. Koan helps orient new staff to our company objectives and how their work fits in. We review Koan at our weekly exec meeting and it's improved the understanding of what's happening across our organization.

Vorteile:

- Koan was extremely easy to set up. - They provided resources to help introduce OKRs to our team and assist with onboarding. - Whenever I have questions, I often got a response in realtime through the live chat. - New features are added on the regular, with no bloat or excess

Nachteile:

- Hope to see more export and print options soon - More features to support 1:1s and performance management - UX can be a bit confusing, due to similarities between team and company views

Koan helps us exceed our goals

Kommentare: Koan has helped us track data, build morale, and absolutely crush our goals. With a positive mindset, Koan can help you go farther than you thought possible.

Vorteile:

I find that Koan is very easy to use. It seems like everything they provide in the software has a purpose in helping us not only meet, but exceed our goals. I love how we can keep close tabs on our goals and keep our team in the loop. There have been a few instances where we made a goal for ourselves, which seemed out of reach, but we exceeded them. That showed us that we were capable of so much more than we thought we could as a small team.

Nachteile:

Koan has worked great for our team. We've used it for over a year now, and at this time I don't have any complaints.

Ease of Use and Informative Product

Vorteile:

There are many amazing benefits to KOAN. I tis extremely easy to setup and use. I am on a team with about 40 to 50 other team members and I love that I am able to go in and look at weekly updates from my individual team members and the department as a whole. It links in with our personal and team OKRs which provide additional support and guidance for us to reach our goals. May seem minor but the fact that each week I get a reminder that my review is due is awesome. I work in a very busy industry but it is important to stay up to date on our weekly reviews. And final area that is absolutely the cherry on top for me is that fact that each week it provides reminders of what I listed as my to dos from the week before so I can check off what I did do and then if there is something I missed I can add it to my next week's items to complete. Overall, the product is very beneficial and I would recommend it for an team who values working together to accomplish their goals.

Nachteile:

Honestly, I have been using the software for 6 months and I have not found anything that I dislike about the software.

Koan makes OKR tracking delightful

Vorteile:

Koan is so easy to use and set up it actually makes setting and tracking OKRs enjoyable (something that I never would have imagines. It definitely makes me more productive and focused, especially the weekly reflections and reminders about priorities.

Nachteile:

Of course any software can be improved, but honestly Koan solves my pain points. I don't have any real complaints.

Review of Koan

Kommentare: It's been amazing.

Vorteile:

From the hook framework paradigm, I love the fact that there are external triggers that get one to come back into the app. Like the reminders about submitting weekly reflections and also encouraging one to check out the reflections of their fellow teammates. That's a very good thing because most of us on the team do forget to submit the weekly reflections on time and without the reminders, there is a tendency for us to lose traction over time. So I really like the reminders. I also love the interface.

Nachteile:

I haven't found any for now. When I do I will make sure that I share in like manner as I have done for this.

Keep Simple, Keep Clear

Kommentare: With few inputs every week you get huge value along time. Why HUGE?
- everyone knows clearly company/project goals
- everyone can comment and give feedback about how the goal is being carried on.
- since day 1 you know how realistic goals are

Vorteile:

The software is very clear to use, with few clicks you get the company aligned. Company communication is always a pain point. Company goals are the most important communication to be clear. Koan clarify and organizes company goals from leader to any employee.

Nachteile:

You don't see immediate feedback about the comments added in a goal.

Excellent tool for goal-tracking

Kommentare: My organization uses Koan to organize company-, department-, and team-level goals—as well as individual OKRs.

Vorteile:

Koan is super easy and intuitive to use. In my fairly large organization, it's simple to see how company-wide goals break down into department- and team-level goals. The weekly reflections are a great way to track your own progress as well as keeping up with your team.

Nachteile:

Occasionally it's hard to find very specific features, but I've given feedback and seen responses immediately. The tool is constantly evolving for the better!

Best OKR software

Vorteile:

Simple to use Amazing customer support Fun GIFs at the end of weekly reflections are delightful

Nachteile:

It lacks customization if you need something out of the normal

Works well for OKRs and Weekly Status Checks

Vorteile:

Clean interface, easy to use (attention keyboard shortcuts is much appreciated) when entering in my weekly status, love reminding me of what I entered from the previous week, a place for a gif at the very end;

Nachteile:

The navigation is probably my least favorite. I have a nav bar that includes our high level company, below that "All Teams", below that "All goals", and then my teams (of which I'm only apart of one). There is also a header with duplicate links that also navigate to several pages, but not all. Cleaning this up would improve the experience and finding things easier. Possible area for growth, our company overall has OKRs in formats that are all over the place. That is more on us to figure out, but Koan could provide tips on how to write an Objective (inspirational) vs an KR (measurable), etc.

ScaleUp and OKS

Vorteile:

The user interface looks welcoming and is supportive. Koan supports our ScaleUp and OKR process very well, it is a real help to get us going. The "Weekly reflections" are also a great asset to foster the right kind of thinking.

Nachteile:

It took me a moment to understand all the features but that was not much of a problem. The friendly email reminders to do the weekly reflections can get a little annoying but I guess that is on purpose...

Easy Accountability

Kommentare: Visibility and accountability for cross functional teams.

Vorteile:

Koan is an intuitive software that allows us to hold all of our cross functional team members accountable to the things we've deemed important.

Nachteile:

No bad feedback on this software. It does what we need it to do.

Great customer service, insights and blogs to support you

Kommentare: I like that OKRs can be visualised and that there can be collaboration.

Vorteile:

The software makes implementing and tracking OKRs simple and transparent. The insights, information, resources and support is great and helps you make the most of using the OKR approach to achieve goals

Nachteile:

I haven't used any other OKR software so I can't think of anything I like least.

A bit too heavy for us

Vorteile:

- Their integrations to Jira and Slack were important for us. - Quite cheap considering what you get. - Helpful support team.

Nachteile:

- Overall a bit too heavy for us: Many functionalities, quite a bit to set up at the beginning.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Workpath

Koan is great for tracking key OKRs

Kommentare: It's been a great experience so far. It's allowed myself and our executive team to better manage to plan and create the right levels of urgency and engagement.

Vorteile:

I like the simplicity and transparency it brings to running our business.

Nachteile:

The only thing I dislike is the inability to create better heirarchical flows with a matrix type organization.

Gtmhub for NGOs

Vorteile:

The flexibility and the different functions of the programm

Nachteile:

the design and the usability are not so intuitive an smooth

Great for seeing the dots connect

Kommentare: Our team has benefited with this service as it allows us to stay aligned. Especially when we can go back a few weeks and see where we were compared to how we are now. I also really enjoyed rating the OKR's as we are able to see if there is some disconnect with team members based on the rating.

Vorteile:

Being able to see the tasks my teammates accomplish, how they ladder up to an OKR. I also really liked the weekly reflection as it allows you to see how your team is doing to achieve a common goal.

Nachteile:

Being limited to your team, only seeing those OKR's and not every on the teams reflection (although im sure that can be changed).