Set bold innovation goals for your R&D team to accelerate product development, improve experimentation, and deliver transformative outcomes.
R&D OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) help innovation-driven teams stay aligned with company strategy while pushing boundaries in product development, prototyping, and research. These OKRs bring structure to creativity by setting measurable outcomes for discovery, experimentation, and successful launches.
Align innovation with strategic business priorities
Boost experimentation with measurable outcomes
Track progress across research initiatives
Improve time-to-market for new products
Encourage collaboration across product, engineering, and design teams
KR1: Launch 2 prototypes per quarter for new product ideas
KR2: Reduce average R&D cycle time by 15%
KR3: Conduct 3 cross-functional innovation workshops
KR4: Validate at least 1 new concept with customer feedback monthly
KR1: Run 10 structured experiments with documented learnings
KR2: Maintain experiment success rate above 30%
KR3: Create and share 1 R&D case study each quarter
KR4: Implement a central repository for experiment insights
KR1: Conduct bi-weekly sync meetings with product and tech teams
KR2: Achieve 90% on-time handoff of R&D deliverables to engineering
KR3: Participate in 100% of product roadmap planning sessions
KR4: Assign R&D liaisons for all key product initiatives
KR1: Document 100% of research findings within 5 days of completion
KR2: Publish internal R&D updates every month
KR3: Create standardized templates for all research reports
KR4: Increase team-wide access to past research by 50%
KR1: Identify top 3 strategic focus areas for the quarter
KR2: Allocate 70% of R&D resources to high-priority projects
KR3: Sunset 2 low-impact initiatives to free up bandwidth
KR4: Present quarterly impact assessment to leadership
KR1: Submit 3 patent applications by end of the year
KR2: Identify and document 5 potential IP assets
KR3: Host 2 ideation sessions to generate patentable ideas
KR4: Partner with legal to streamline IP filing processes