Northwind Retail · Q3 2026
OKR Daily Card
Alex Rivera, Engineering Manager
day 75 of 92
17 days left in the quarter
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Mon, 14 Sep
Scale platform performance
Checked p95 latency and error-rate dashboards
p95 spiked briefly during the morning batch job, back to baseline by 10am.
Sun, 13 Sep
Improve customer retention
Talked to a customer-facing team about friction points
Support said returns flow still confuses people after a promo code fails.
Scale platform performance
Checked p95 latency and error-rate dashboards
p95 spiked briefly during the morning batch job, back to baseline by 10am.
Scale platform performance
Reviewed or actioned an item on the performance backlog
Picked up the connection-pool sizing ticket, PR up for review.
Grow strategic partnerships
Followed up on an open partner conversation
Logistics partner confirmed legal review is on track for next week.
Grow strategic partnerships
Logged a partner risk or dependency before it became a blocker
Payments partner's API version deprecation could hit our roadmap - logged as a risk.
Strengthen team capability
Identified or acted on a skills/capacity gap proactively
Noticed the team is thin on infra-as-code skills, looking at a short internal workshop.
Sat, 12 Sep
Improve customer retention
Reviewed a churn/retention metric and noted anything unusual
Improve customer retention
Talked to a customer-facing team about friction points
Scale platform performance
Checked p95 latency and error-rate dashboards
Scale platform performance
Reviewed or actioned an item on the performance backlog
Grow strategic partnerships
Followed up on an open partner conversation
Grow strategic partnerships
Logged a partner risk or dependency before it became a blocker
Strengthen team capability
Had a meaningful 1:1 or coaching conversation
Strengthen team capability
Identified or acted on a skills/capacity gap proactively
Fri, 11 Sep
Improve customer retention
Reviewed a churn/retention metric and noted anything unusual
Improve customer retention
Talked to a customer-facing team about friction points
Scale platform performance
Checked p95 latency and error-rate dashboards
Scale platform performance
Reviewed or actioned an item on the performance backlog
Grow strategic partnerships
Followed up on an open partner conversation
Grow strategic partnerships
Logged a partner risk or dependency before it became a blocker
Strengthen team capability
Had a meaningful 1:1 or coaching conversation
Strengthen team capability
Identified or acted on a skills/capacity gap proactively
Thu, 10 Sep
Improve customer retention
Reviewed a churn/retention metric and noted anything unusual
Improve customer retention
Talked to a customer-facing team about friction points
Scale platform performance
Checked p95 latency and error-rate dashboards
Scale platform performance
Reviewed or actioned an item on the performance backlog
Grow strategic partnerships
Followed up on an open partner conversation
Strengthen team capability
Had a meaningful 1:1 or coaching conversation
Wed, 9 Sep
Improve customer retention
Reviewed a churn/retention metric and noted anything unusual
Improve customer retention
Talked to a customer-facing team about friction points
Scale platform performance
Checked p95 latency and error-rate dashboards
Grow strategic partnerships
Followed up on an open partner conversation
Grow strategic partnerships
Logged a partner risk or dependency before it became a blocker
Strengthen team capability
Had a meaningful 1:1 or coaching conversation
Strengthen team capability
Identified or acted on a skills/capacity gap proactively
Tue, 8 Sep
Improve customer retention
Reviewed a churn/retention metric and noted anything unusual
Scale platform performance
Checked p95 latency and error-rate dashboards
Scale platform performance
Reviewed or actioned an item on the performance backlog
Grow strategic partnerships
Followed up on an open partner conversation
Grow strategic partnerships
Logged a partner risk or dependency before it became a blocker
Strengthen team capability
Had a meaningful 1:1 or coaching conversation
Strengthen team capability
Identified or acted on a skills/capacity gap proactively