Everyone is familiar with Strategic Opportunity Points. In hierarchical objectives, any O that can bring incremental breakthrough growth to the company can apply for the Strategic Opportunity Point label to attract resource investment. This approach helps avoid the past situation where some Strategic Opportunity Points were disconnected from OKRs.
When objectives are labeled with Strategic Opportunity Points, they receive priority allocation during resource planning for both people and money to support their realization. Additionally, Strategic Opportunity Point objectives receive focused attention in company-level review meetings and are emphasized in monthly strategic analysis meetings of relevant execution departments.
How do you apply for Strategic Opportunity Point labels? Similar to organizational label applications, you can propose applications bottom-up or decompose them top-down. Please note that Strategic Opportunity Point labels are not limited to first-level company objectives - second and third-level objectives can also receive Strategic Opportunity Point labels.
Please note that Strategic Opportunity Point labels are not limited to first-level company objectives. Second and third-level objectives can also receive Strategic Opportunity Point labels. When an objective has a Strategic Opportunity Point label, its decomposed sub-objectives don't need to all carry the Strategic Opportunity Point label. The key to labeling is whether it's sufficient to bring company-level incremental breakthrough.
The key to labeling is whether it's sufficient to bring company-level incremental breakthrough. Let's look at our End-to-End objective decomposition example. The first-level objective has the Strategic Opportunity Point label. At the second level, ISOR 0-to-1 Construction receives the Strategic Opportunity Point label, while PIRC System Capability Optimization does not need the label.