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Christopher
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Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Accounting
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
January 2019
Best OKR Software not in the OKR Software category
OKR metrics are the next, and much improved, evolution of managing business strategy. Workboard allows me to drive my business in an efficient manner by staying faithful to the Doerr/Google methods.
Pros
Faithfully follows the OKR methodology recommended by John Doerr and used by Google and many others. For some odd reason, this top contender doesnt even show up in the right category. Reasonably priced, well balanced and the interface is very clean and easy to use overall.
Cons
I dinged it one star for a limited range of products to update results, but just one star as they are obviously trying to remedy this. Updating results is the Achilles heel of the awesome OKR system. The system demands rapid, even real time results, to be effective. Some OKR software packages don't even recognize the need for this and assume the data just magically appears. If automation is lacking, that means some poor junior accountant is probably up to his eyeballs in Excel spreadsheets typing mounds of data in to feed the monster. As a manager who came up through the back office, the worst use of my human resources is using them to collate and update data that could be done faster and better with automation. It’s zombie work that ironically demotivates staff. I need that person to work on improving my own OKRs. So, good start, Workboard, but more, more, more integrations and give me my people back for productive work.

Andrew
Verified reviewer
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
April 2020
Powerful OKR Tool
Workboard was the software we choose to implement OKRs into our business. From a leadership point of view, it was brilliant, integrating Business Strategy with individual staff performance management and provided teams that did not have a task tracking software, a one stop shop to manage their teams day to day process. The Meetings part of Wobo is fantastic, enabling each team to link their daily / weekly cadence meetings directly to their OKRs and create minutes and actions related to them.
Pros
Powerful all in one tool to operate a business using the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) framework, with strong integrations to other data sets for automating the import of Key Result data.
Cons
Our users found Workboard a little difficult to use and the interface a bit slow.
Reasons for choosing Workboard
We decided to adopt the OKR methodology and Workboard fit better into that mechanism than Cascade Strategy. In addition the integrated 'Meeting' mechanism inside Wobo allowed our teams to integrate the meeting agendas and minutes (including actions) directly to their OKRs, exactly what we want them to be able to do.
Nicholas
Time used: Less than 12 months
November 2015
Great Project Management With Great Potential
Pros
I really like the detail and abilities in action items. We treat them as "Projects". Following from start to finish of a project with keeping people in the loop is a great feature for our company.
Cons
I have two main complaints but I am sure these are in the works. First, we would love to see a projects based calendar feature. Not just single users or groups of items but a sort of Master Calender so we can see where certain items overlap or where there might be space to move an item. The other is a Ipad app. I use one alot as a developer, so it would be nice to track things on there.
Rani
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 2 years
November 2015
Workboard is our Marketing operations manager
Pros
Workboard keeps my team organized and every week focused on the right priorities and target goal achievement. Removing all the action items from email is so liberating! This frees up time for me to actually lead the team. The Workboard support team is brilliantly responsive.
Cons
We would like to use the product for performance reviews as well! The module is not yet available. - hoping it is on the roadmap. Workboard already manages the teams goals, the achievement, would be easy to roll that capability in?!
Veronica
Industry: Accounting
Time used: Less than 12 months
November 2015
Keeps me on task
Pros
Workboard makes it easy to stay on task and keep an eye on what my employees are accomplishing. The company is always implementing updates so the product just keeps getting better! I also appreciate the CPEs they sponsor, I always find them interesting.
Cons
We've had some issues with my employees sending me an update on their to-do list, it doesn't always go thru. I also wish that when I am sharing my list with my manager that there was a way to filter out the items that have already been completed or put on pause.