What is the use of assigning a key result as a subkey result by default ?

In Profit.co you can assign a key result as a sub key result in order to align your OKRs in Top down alignment. By enabling the Assign a key result as a key result / Sub key results toggle you can assign a key result as a subkey result.

Why this feature?

By Assigning a key result as a sub key result you are aligning your OKRs in a Top down approach which is also signified as cascading OKRs, in this type of alignment approach the high level OKRs flow downwards to the head of the department ,the managers and the individual employees who owns OKRs themselves.

To learn how to enable the Assign a key result as a key result/sub key result toggle via Settings, click here. Only super users can access Settings.

Step 1:

To know how to assign a key result as a sub key result, Let's consider creating an OKR and assign the Key Result to a user using the mentioned assignment approach. For instance, Lets say that the Marketing Department head Roger smith assigns his key result “Increase the number of market place from 1 to 5” to Jerry Vanderbit who is a member of the department.

Now his name is selected from the list and the Key Result is assigned to Jerry Vanderbilt.

Step 2 :

In Jerry’s account it’ll be assigned as a Key Result.

Step 3:

If Roger had created a sub keyresult “Improve your product distribution service” under the keyresult” Increase the number of marketplace from 1 to 5”. Then the particular key result will be assigninged along with the sub key result to Jerry.

In Jerry's account the subkey result will be present inside the main Key Result as both the key result and sub key result is assigned to Jerry..

FYI: For instance, If another member of the department Scott is already assigned with the sub key result “Improve your product distribution service” then the sub key result alone will be visible to him as shown below. By clicking on the Marketing Departmental OKR Scott can view the other assignees present in the OKR.