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Using Goal Weighting in Frankli

Learn how to use goal weighting in Frankli to reflect impact, apply it to goals, and improve how progress is measured.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

What is Goal Weighting?

Not all goals or key results are created equal. With goal weighting, you can reflect the relative importance of each item, ensuring that progress is calculated more accurately and aligns with what really matters.

For example: If you have three key results, two low-impact and one high-impact, you can assign 20%, 20%, and 60% respectively to show their true value.

How it Works

Who can use it
Goal weighting is an optional feature that Admins can turn on in Settings.

Where to find it
When creating or editing a goal or key result, you’ll now see a new “Weight” field.

How progress is calculated
Frankli automatically uses the weights to calculate overall progress, no spreadsheets or guesswork required.

Can I add weights to existing goals?
Yes! Once the feature is enabled, simply edit your existing goals to assign weights.

Best Practice Tips

💡 Keep weights simple, round numbers (e.g. 20, 40, 40) help teams stay focused, Frankli will automatically convert to % scale.

🧭 Don’t overweight low-effort tasks, focus your weightings on outcomes, not activity.


👥 Align as a team, weighting discussions can clarify priorities and expected impact.

Example

Goal: Launch new website
Key Results:

  • Finalise content (20)

  • Launch homepage (60)

  • Implement user testing feedback (20)

Overall goal progress is now calculated based on these relative weights, giving you a more accurate picture of performance & the system will automatically adjust to ensure the total is 100%.

FAQs

Q: Can I use 0 or 1000?
A: Yes, as long as your total goal or KR weight adds up to 100%.

Q: Can managers enforce specific weights?
A: Not at the moment, but we’re exploring enhancements here in future versions.

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