When you're done working on an objective and want to assess it, you can close it. Closing an objective holds the last known status, including the overall completion percentage and key result progress, and prevents any further changes from being made. When closing an objective, you will also have the option to rate and reflect on its performance.
In this article, you will learn...
Access and availability
⛔️ Required access to Objectives.
👥 This article is relevant to all roles.
📦 This feature is available in the Perform, Legacy Focus, and Total Platform pricing packages.
How to close an objective 🧑💻
Note
You can only close an objective that you have permission to manage.
- Click on Objectives in 15Five's main, left-hand navigation.
- You'll land on the 'All objectives' page. From here, apply filters to find the objective you want to delete.
- Click on the name of the objective you want to delete to open the details page.
- Click on the gear icon and then click Close objective.
- A popup will appear. Fill out the assessment and reflection fields, then click Post assessment. If you'd prefer not to assess the objective, you can click Skip.
What happens next? 🐾
Your objective is now closed. If your company uses Check-ins, the objective will continue to appear on your Check-in for one additional Check-in period in a greyed-out state so your manager is aware you closed the objective.
The objective assessment you provided will appear in the objective's activity feed. Anyone with permission to view the objective can see your assessment.
The following notifications will also be sent:
The objective owner will receive the following notification:
Subject: Your objective has been closed
The objective owner's manager will receive the following notification:
Subject: Your direct report’s objective has been closed
Everyone who follows the objective will also receive the following notification:
Subject: An objective you are following has been closed
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ❓
Yes! Check out the steps in our Reopen a closed or archived objective article.
Yes! Check out the steps in our Bulk close or archive all past due objectives article.
You also have the option to archive or delete an objective.
- Archiving an objective does the same thing as close it, but doesn't allow you to rate and reflect on its performance. This process is typically used when an objective is no longer relevant, but you want to keep a paper trail of it in 15Five, or when an objective is getting put on a temporary hiatus.
- Deleting an objective permanently removes it from all places in 15Five.