Chapter 3: An alternative to traditional project management: using lean OKRs as a model for value creation for software product companies
Bart den Haak
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Chapter
Published:
17 Mar 2023
Page Range:
23–38
Collection:
Business 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207613.00008
Keywords:
OKRs; Lean; Agile; Project Management; Portfolio Management; Outcomes
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In this chapter, I present a model for working that is better suited to modern software companies than the traditional project management approach. I have been a SaaS consultant for the past decade and specialize in the implementation of the OKR (Objective and Key Results) framework which sets a company on their own unique path for achieving their most ambitious goals. In 2021 I published my book: Moving the Needle with Lean OKRs (Haak 2021) that integrates Lean Thinking with the ambitious goal setting of OKRs for hyperfocus on one goal, fostering behavioral changes, encouraging experimentation, devotion to continuous, long-term learning, eliminating inefficiencies and is outcome (rather than output) driven.

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Cover Research Handbook on Project Performance
Research Handbook on Project Performance
Edited by
Vittal Anantatmula
and
Chakradhar Iyyunni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7728-9362
Handbook
Published:
17 Mar 2023
Print ISBN:
9781802207606
eISBN:
9781802207613
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207613
Pages:
314
Collection:
Business 2023
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