Online Planning and Management Software by KeepSolid

Like many successful projects, the idea of KeepSolid Goals first emerged out of personal necessity. For the first few years of our company, we’d use conventional project management tools, such as Gantt chart, for task management, resource planning, and performance tracking. This worked for nitty-gritty resource management and task planning, but in the long run, would not prevent us from failing to achieve our goals and missing project deadlines. 

This made us rethink our management approach and realize that no tool perfectly suited our corporate needs. So we switched our approach to objective-oriented management and developed our own tool by heavily modifying our existing roadmapping software. That’s how KeepSolid Goals was born, focused on meeting overarching objectives first and last.

Every day and every hour employees in their companies are working their tails off. The key question is - how effective is their work? To answer this question, you’ll need a universal tool that allows users to plan and manage business activities, evaluate their success, and help make informed decisions - KeepSolid Goals.

We’re striving to create an all-around tool to help users achieve both business and personal goals while minimizing non-productive activities. Oftentimes, increasing the efficiency of your business takes getting rid of useless activities, such as work for the sake of work. These are easy to discern once all your activities are planned and performed with a single global Objective in mind. That’s where the KeepSolid Goals come into play!

Here’s how we envision the solution’s future developments:

1. It should become a platform for team collaboration and sharing information of the project and goal status
2. KeepSolid Goals supports and facilitates efficient decision-making, with all the relevant data (Key Success Factors) at the arm’s reach:
3. 1. Due d`ates
   2. Budgets
   3. KPIs
4. The app streamlines and organizes the process of goal-setting. It helps to precisely determine objectives and keep them relevant to changing and shifting market conditions and business priorities. 
5. Equally convenient and helpful for online and offline use
6. Supports the principles of Agile management
7. Help and support in the process and resource improvement
8. 1. Dynamic performance indicators
   2. Change history
   3. Automatic retrospectives

One of the biggest advantages of the MBO approach and, consequently, of KeepSolid Goals, is flexibility. Our tool can be applied by organizations big and small, in all sorts of business situations. A prominent example of this is the Business Unit North case when the company managed to meet 96% of its Objectives with the EBIT value of $117K.

KeepSolid Goals will also be useful for all sorts of managers:

• CEOs and business owners
• Managers with remote employees
• Agile project managers
• Startup managers
• Education leaders
  And more!

1. Establish correct Objectives

Organizations often have more than one goal. It’s important, then, to have a clear goal hierarchy, to understand which of them is your main overarching Objective, and which are just Key Results that help you reach the Objective. Your goals should also be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound).

2. Manage performance

Top management should be involved in motivating employees and directing them towards the accomplishment of objectives. However, this shouldn’t turn into “control by objectives”. Managers should set goals and KPIs, but employees should have a say in how best to achieve them and the specific tasks assigned.

3. Appraise performance

The final step of MBO includes periodic performance review and appraisal. At face value, they should serve for motivating and boosting the morale of employees. But more importantly, they help to reveal any hidden business opportunities and problems. This allows managers to perform course-correction if necessary and to ensure that employees understand what’s expected of them.