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title: "Close OKR"
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Closing OKRs is an important step in their lifecycle. It is where you assess whether the goals you've set for a particular period (typically a quarter or a year) have been achieved.
This process involves reviewing results, determining whether you met, exceeded, or fell short of your Key Results, and reflecting on performance. It is a crucial part of goal-setting and continuous improvement in any organization.
- By reviewing the OKRs at the end of the period, businesses can determine if everyone was working on the right things. Closing OKRs ensures efforts focus on what truly matters for the organization's success.
- Closing OKRs allows the organization to hold individuals and teams accountable for their contributions. This accountability drives better performance and ensures that people understand how their work impacts the larger business objectives.
- Whether a Key Result was achieved (or not) gives tangible insights into how the business is progressing toward its long-term goals. It also helps identify areas of underperformance and strengths that can be leveraged.
- After closing OKRs, businesses often gather valuable data that can inform strategic decisions, such as whether the results indicate a shift in market conditions.
## Close Strategic Theme and OKR
You can close Strategic themes, sub-themes, Objectives, sub-objectives, and Key Results on the OKR details side panel and the OKR details page.
- You can close all sub-themes, sub-objectives, and their KRs in one go when closing the Strategic Theme.
- You can close all sub-objectives and their KRs in one go when closing the higher-level Objective.
For that reason, when closing your OKRs, consider starting with the top one.
### On the OKR side panel
1. Click the **Update **button.
2. An update screen displays.
3. On the update screen, click the **Close & grade** link.
4. A screen for closing an OKR displays.
5. Fill in the details.
6. Click the **Close strategic theme**/**Close objective/ Close key result **button** **to finish the process.
### On the OKR details page
1. Click the **Update** button located in the upper right corner.
2. A screen for closing an OKR displays.
3. Fill in the details.
4. Click the **Close strategic theme**/**Close objective/ Close key result **button** **to finish the process.
## Close OKR (screen)
You can enter the following data on the **Close OKR** screen:
| **Strategic theme/sub-theme** | **Objective/ sub-objective** | **Key Result** |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |
| **Objective’s final update** - Select the most appropriate status from the following options: Success, Incomplete, Failed, Rescheduled, or Canceled.
- The selected status will also apply to all open sub-objectives and KRs.
- To set a different final status for the sub-items, you must close them before you close the parent Strategic Theme. | **Objective’s final update** - Select the most appropriate status from the following options: Success, Incomplete, Failed, Rescheduled, or Canceled.
- The selected status will also apply to all open sub-objectives and KRs.
- To set a different final status for the sub-items, you must close them before you close the parent Objective. | **Post a final update** - Select the most appropriate status from the following options: Success, Incomplete, Failed, Rescheduled, or Canceled.
- When you close a KR with the **Canceled** status, its weight automatically resets to 0, so it no longer affects the parent Objective's progress.
- You can change weights manually when assigning other statuses, like **Failed** or **Rescheduled**. |
| **Write a short description of how the work on the strategic theme went **- Briefly explain the reason behind closing the Strategic Theme to keep others informed. | **Write a short description of how the work on the objective went** - Briefly explain the reason behind closing the Objective to keep others informed. | **Write a short description of how the work on the KR went and why you are closing it** - Briefly explain the reason behind closing the Key Result to keep others informed. |
| **Set a final grade** - Assign a grade on a 0.0-1.0 scale reflecting achievement level. Here's a general guideline:
- 0.0 - No progress made.
- 0.3-0.5 - Minor progress achieved.
- 0.6-0.9 - Nearing the target, but not quite there.
- 1.0 - Objective fully achieved.
The suggested grade is based on progress. Feel free to use your own grading scale if applicable.
- Toggle the **Show full hierarchy** to see all the sub-items.
- Toggle the **Change items weight to 0** to automatically assign 0 to all sub-items.
- When you close a Strategic Theme with the **Canceled** status, the **Change items weight to 0** toggle will activate automatically. | **Set a final grade** - Assign a grade on a 0.0-1.0 scale reflecting achievement level. Here's a general guideline:
- 0.0 - No progress made.
- 0.3-0.5 - Minor progress achieved.
- 0.6-0.9 - Nearing the target, but not quite there.
- 1.0 - Objective fully achieved.
The suggested grade is based on progress. Feel free to use your own grading scale if applicable.
- Toggle the **Show full hierarchy** to see all the sub-items.
- Toggle the **Change items weight to 0** to automatically assign 0 to all sub-items.
- When you close an Objective with the **Canceled** status, the **Change items weight to 0** toggle will activate automatically. | **Set a final grade** - Assign a grade on a 0.0-1.0 scale reflecting achievement level. Here's a general guideline:
- 0.0 - No progress made.
- 0.3-0.5 - Minor progress achieved.
- 0.6-0.9 - Nearing the target, but not quite there.
- 1.0 - KR fully achieved.
The suggested grade is based on progress. Feel free to use your own grading scale if applicable. |