Key results are concrete, specific, and measurable tasks that describe how an objective will be accomplished. As the owner of a key result makes progress, it can be documented from within Check-ins or the Objective's details page.
In this article, you will learn...
Access and availability
⛔️ Required access to Objectives.
👥 This article is relevant to people with permission to update key results.
📦 This feature is available in the Perform, Legacy Focus, and Total Platform pricing packages.
Update a key result
- Click on Check-ins in 15Five's main, left-hand navigation.
- Find the "Objectives" section towards the top of your Check-in. Here, you'll find all objectives you own and all objectives you own key results for.
- Expand key results by clicking the arrow to the right of "Key results and aligned objectives."
- Click on a key result's value field to make updates.
Note
Edits made to an objective from your Check-in will not take effect until you submit your Check-in. If you want your change to go live immediately, please update the objective from the Objectives Dashboard.
- Fill out the rest of your Check-in (check out our "Fill out a Check-in" article for a walkthrough!). When you're done, click Submit at the bottom of your Check-in.
- Click Objectives in 15Five's main, left-hand navigation to open the Objectives Dashboard.
- Use the filters at the top of the page to find the objective you want to update.
- Click on the name of the objective to open its details page.
- Scroll down to the "Key results" section. You can update a key result by clicking on the value field to its right.
- Your changes will save automatically.
Role-based permissions for editing key results
The responsibility for updating key results doesn't always need to fall on the key result owner. Likewise, the objective owner might want to allow another person to edit key results. This section walks through role-based permissions for managing and updating key results. All roles can assign key results to anyone in the company.
Who can account administrators assign key results to?
- Anyone
From within their Check-ins: who can account administrators update key results for?
- Themselves
- Anyone who is collaborating on the same objective they are; meaning if they can see the key results on their 15Five, they can update them.
From within the Objectives tab: who can account administrators update key results for?
- Themselves
- Anyone, regardless of whether or not they are collaborating on that objective themselves; meaning if they can see the objective from this tab, they can update the key results.
- Anyone that adds them under the 'Who can update and edit this objective?' option*
Who can direct managers assign key results to?
- Anyone
From within their Check-ins: who can direct managers update key results for?
- Themselves
From within the Objectives tab: who can direct managers update key results for?
- Themselves
- Anyone that adds them under the 'Who can update and edit this objective?' option*
Who can employees assign key results to?
- Anyone
From within their Check-ins: who can employees update key results for?
- Themselves only. Employees will be able to see all key results for objectives that they own key results on, but will not be able to update them.
From within the Objectives tab: who can employees update key results for?
- Themselves. Even though employees can see all public key results and objectives via the Objectives tab, they can't edit items that aren't assigned to them.
- Anyone that adds them under the 'Who can update and edit this objective?' option*