Enterprise OKRs represent organisation-wide goals. In Nooga Portfolio, they are created as work items directly in Azure DevOps, using the Objective and Key Result work item types.
Creating an Enterprise OKR
1. Go to Boards → Work Items
In your Azure DevOps project, click Boards in the left navigation, then select Work Items.
2. Create a new Objective
Click New Work Item and select Objective as the work item type.
3. Set the OKR Level to 'Enterprise'
In the Objective work item form, under the Nooga group find the OKR Level field and set it to Enterprise.
Important: Without this, the item will not appear in the Enterprise OKR column.
4. Set the Area Path
Set the Area Path to the one that corresponds to the enterprise you want this OKR to appear in. This is a common cause of items not appearing in the view.
5. Controlling visibility with State
Whether an Objective appears in the Enterprise OKR pane is determined by its State. Specifically, the State must map to the In Progress category (for example, state Active or Doing).
Objectives in the Proposed category (e.g. New) or Completed category (e.g. state Closed) will not appear, which lets you draft or close OKRs without them showing up in the view.
6. Add Key Results as child items
Open the Links tab. Click Add Link → New Item, set the link type to Child, and work item type to Key Result. Fill in the Key Result details and save.
Note: State and Area Path must be configured on Key Results using the same rules as for Objectives above.
Please check the following:
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Area Path is correctly set on both Objectives and Key Results
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State maps to a state in the "In Progress" state category (e.g. Active or Doing)
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OKR Level is set to Enterprise
Note: Within a single OKR, the Objective-to-Key Result relationship is always Parent-Child. One Objective can have many Key Results, but each Key Result can only have one parent Objective.