FY27 Annual Goals

FY26 Annual Goals

Organizational Planning

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Strategic Planning

Approved: April 2025

We have a three-year strategic plan that guides our priorities and decisions. This plan outlines our long-term goals and provides a framework to align our annual objectives, programs, and operations with our mission. It serves as a roadmap to ensure we stay focused, adaptive, and accountable as we work toward creating meaningful impact.

Annual Goal-Setting Process

GitLab Foundation team members work together yearly to establish annual goals for the coming fiscal year (February 1-January 31).

  1. The President and CEO will determine the organization's main focus areas for goal-setting (July).
  2. Each Function Lead will draft a brief statement addressing their function's overarching goal for the year and 3-5 key results they hope to accomplish. Key results should be few and specific and ideally include quantified targets.
    1. Function leads should work with their teams on objectives and key results
  3. Each Function Lead will give the LT an overview of their goals and critical results, allowing LT members to ask hard questions, make suggestions, and provide feedback.
  4. Function leads will iterate their goals and key results based on the feedback, share with their teams for feedback, and iterate again.
  5. Function leads will share finalized proposed annual goals with the Leadership Team.
  6. The President & CEO will then finalize the proposed annual goals.
  7. The Annual Goals will be presented to the Board for approval at the September board meeting.
    1. The President & CEO, and Director of Operations will make necessary adjustments based on feedback from the Board, finalizing and documenting goals in the Handbook.
  8. Function leads will work with their teams to create Annual Operating Plans (AOPs) to present at the December board meeting which will help inform the annual budget process.
    1. Leadership team members will meet to discuss AOPs before sharing with the Board at the Q4 Board Meeting.
  9. Quarterly OKRs will align with and derive from each Function's Annual Operating Plan (AOP).