OKR Retrospective Workflow
A five-step process to score your quarter, extract what you learned, and feed it directly into next quarter's planning.
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OKR Scoring Reference
Key Result Score — 0.0 to 1.0
0.0 – 0.3: Did not make meaningful progress. Missed badly or deprioritized.
0.4 – 0.6: Partial progress. Meaningful work done but fell short of target.
0.7 – 0.9: On target. 0.7 is the expected outcome for a well-set OKR.
1.0: Achieved fully. Review whether the target was too conservative.
The Five-Step Retrospective Workflow
Designed to close the quarter cleanly and feed decisions directly into next quarter's planning.
Score key results before the session (async, 30 min)
Each key result owner scores their KR on a 0.0–1.0 scale before any synchronous session. 0.7 is the target — not 1.0. Scoring in advance removes anchoring bias and prevents the loudest voice from setting the score. Share scores in a shared document at least 24 hours before the retro.
Tip: If scoring is contested, the key result was probably written ambiguously. Note the ambiguity — it becomes a planning improvement for next quarter.
Review scores as a team (20 min)
Walk through each key result score together. The goal is not to debate scores — it is to understand them. For each KR, ask: did we hit 0.7+? If yes, was the target too easy? If no, was it external factors or internal execution? One sentence per KR is enough.
Tip: Resist the urge to re-litigate KRs that missed badly. The retrospective is about learning, not justification. Save detailed post-mortems for after the session.
Identify what to continue, adjust, or drop (20 min)
For each objective, decide: continue into next quarter, adjust the approach, or drop it entirely. This is the most strategically important conversation of the retro. Teams that skip this step copy-paste last quarter's OKRs and wonder why they feel stale.
Tip: Be willing to drop OKRs that consistently score below 0.4. Either the target is wrong, the strategy is wrong, or it's not a real priority. All three are worth knowing.
Extract process learnings (15 min)
Separate from the OKR content, review the OKR process itself. Did weekly check-ins happen? Were blockers surfaced early? Did the planning at quarter start match what actually got worked on? Two or three process changes that improve execution are more valuable than perfectly written OKRs.
Tip: Ask: 'What did we stop doing mid-quarter that we said we would do?' The answer usually reveals the real bottleneck.
Document decisions and feed into next quarter (15 min)
Write down: final scores, continue/adjust/drop decisions, and process changes for next quarter. This document is the pre-work for the quarterly planning session and kickoff meeting. Teams that skip this step start each quarter from scratch rather than building on what they learned.
Tip: Store the retrospective in the same place as your OKRs. Institutional memory lives where people can find it.
How Loach Supports OKR Retrospectives
Quarter-long tracking makes the retrospective a 60-minute session, not a reconstruction exercise.
Loach collects key result progress from weekly check-ins throughout the quarter, so final scoring at retro time reflects the whole quarter — not just what people remember in the last week.
Weekly check-ins throughout the quarter keep key result progress up to date in Loach. The retrospective starts with real data, not a memory exercise.
All teams' OKRs and progress are in one workspace. Continue / adjust / drop decisions can be discussed with the full picture in view.
Document retro decisions in Loach alongside your OKRs so they serve as pre-work for the next quarterly planning session.
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