Who “Owns” Research?
If your company does not have user researchers, then your product designer will typically pick up these responsibilities for your team.
Marty Cagan • INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)
Alignment doesn’t mean redundancy. At MyFitnessPal, every OKR has a single owner, with other teams linking up as needed. As I see it, co-ownership weakens accountability. If an OKR fails, I don’t want two people blaming each other. Even when two or more teams have parallel objectives, their key results should be distinct.
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
In every discussion/project/problem/situation, it needs to be clear who makes decisions…everyone else only adds opinions.Ideally, the person who will afterward do (or lead) the follow-up work makes the decisions.