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Strategy → OKR cascade + dependency map

Decomposes a strategy document into owned, dated objectives and key results, then runs a dependency pass to expose the critical path and capacity conflicts.

  • Organisation & Workforce
  • Human review built in
  • Traceable reasoning
  • Runs anywhere
Preview methodology

2–3 days → ~15 minutes

For one complete, review-ready pass

No coding required

Input
The strategy or business-plan document
Output
Objectives and key results with owners and dates
Runs in
Skillsize · ChatGPT · Claude · Copilot
Export
SKILL.md · MCP
Time saved
~2–3 days per run

— USE CASES

What people use Strategy → OKR cascade + dependency map for

Annual or quarterly planning

Cascade a strategy document into owned, dated objectives without a week of workshops to get the first draft.

Stress-testing a plan

Expose the key results that cannot all happen at once before commitments are published.

Capacity conflict resolution

Identify owners carrying more critical-path work than they can deliver in the horizon.

What it works from

  • The strategy or business-plan document
  • The time horizon and ownership model
  • Known capacity or resourcing constraints

What you get back

  • Objectives and key results with owners and dates
  • A dependency map and critical path
  • Named over-commitment and conflict points

— HOW IT BEHAVES

How Strategy → OKR cascade + dependency map produces its result

The mechanics behind this specific template — what it reads, what it calculates, and where a human stays in the loop.

Scope settled before it runs

Ambiguities about the organisation in scope are resolved with you up front, so the run does not quietly assume the wrong scope.

Composed as work product

Findings on the organisation in scope are written up as a document that reads like professional output, with each claim tied back to a role.

Criteria-based analysis of every role

Each role is assessed against explicit criteria you control, so the same standard is applied across the organisation in scope on every run.

Structured extraction from org data and role documentation

Facts and fields are lifted out of org data and role documentation and held in a consistent shape, role by role.

Why this is expensive by hand

Most OKR cascades fail on dependency, not on drafting. Annual or quarterly planning is the typical trigger — cascade a strategy document into owned, dated objectives without a week of workshops to get the first draft. Get it right and the conclusion holds up in the room; get it rushed and it gets picked apart. Either way it costs roughly 2–3 days of experienced attention.

How this Skill produces it

Skillsize turns that work into a Skill: you supply the material, and what comes back is objectives and key results with owners and dates, with a dependency map and critical path. The criteria, ordering and review points that make the answer trustworthy are encoded in the Skill itself — which is the difference between a structured method and a prompt someone pastes in. In effect, 2–3 days of senior time compresses into ~15 minutes — and the output is comparable across clients, quarters and colleagues instead of shaped by whoever ran it.

Who it's for

  • Org design and workforce planning leads
  • COOs and functional leaders reshaping teams
  • Transformation consultants sizing people impact
  • HR business partners supporting redesign

Run it in Skillsize — or export it anywhere

Strategy → OKR cascade + dependency map exports as a structured SKILL.md file and is MCP-ready, so the same method runs in ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or your own AI products. Adapt it to your methodology, and the intelligence stays yours — not locked to one vendor.

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