Comparisons, without the vendor spin
We sell OKR work, so treat these accordingly. What we have tried to do is say honestly where each alternative is genuinely better, because you will find out anyway and it is cheaper to find out here.
Software stores goals. Consulting changes which goals get written. If your OKRs are badly written, a tool will store them badly. How to tell which problem you have, and what each one costs.
Read the comparison →Four different jobs sold under one word. Training teaches the method, facilitation runs the room, coaching builds the habit, consulting designs the system. Picking the wrong one is why help does not stick.
Read the comparison →Hoshin Kanri is annual, top-down and consensus-built through catchball. OKRs are quarterly, autonomous and deliberately loose. Which suits a manufacturer, which suits a software company, and how to run both.
Read the comparison →Management by Objectives came first and most of OKR practice is descended from it. The real differences are cadence, transparency and, above all, whether the number is wired to pay.
Read the comparison →The Balanced Scorecard measures the health of the business across four perspectives. OKRs pick the few things you are trying to change. They answer different questions, and most companies need both.
Read the comparison →If you have picked your framework and want to make it better rather than swap it, the upgrade doors are the practical version of this.