Weekdone: A Lightweight System for Aligning Weekly Work with Strategic Goals
In the high-velocity world of game and software development, weekly execution can feel like a blur. Sprint planning rolls into standups, bugs pile up alongside new feature requests, and before you know it, the quarter’s half over—and no one’s really sure whether the team is on track for what matters most.
That’s where Weekdone enters the picture.
Tool Link: https://weekdone.com
Weekdone is a goal-setting and progress-tracking platform built around OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and weekly planning. Its sweet spot is helping teams connect strategy to execution, not just once a quarter, but week by week.
Think of it as a digital operating rhythm for outcome-driven teams—clear goals, focused weekly check-ins, and transparent progress that helps everyone stay aligned without adding heavy process overhead.
If you're a studio lead, product owner, or cross-functional team lead trying to sharpen focus without slowing velocity, Weekdone is worth a look.
Where Weekdone Came From
Weekdone was founded in 2012 in Estonia—a region known for lean, well-engineered startups like Skype and TransferWise. From the beginning, the mission was simple: help small and mid-sized teams plan better and achieve more, using modern goal-setting frameworks like OKRs.
It quickly grew into a go-to tool for teams looking to blend strategy execution with team accountability, without resorting to clunky enterprise software. Today, Weekdone is used by software companies, design agencies, startups, and innovation teams around the world.
What Weekdone Does
At its core, Weekdone is about making weekly progress visible and strategic goals actionable. It’s built around three key loops:
- OKRs – Set quarterly or annual goals for the company, teams, or departments.
- Weekly Plans & Check-ins – Each team member logs their weekly plans, progress, and problems.
- Status Reviews & Insights – Get real-time visibility into team progress toward each objective.
This creates a tight connection between what we’re doing this week and what we’re trying to achieve this quarter. That connection is where most organizations fall short—and where Weekdone thrives.
How Weekdone Works
- Set Company and Team OKRs
Weekdone starts at the top—with company-level Objectives like:
"Launch a globally scalable game platform"
"Improve player retention in core genres"
Each objective has Key Results attached that make progress measurable:
- D30 retention for new games > 25%
• Reduce crash rate to < 0.2%
• Expand platform to 3 new regions
From there, teams can create their own aligned OKRs. For example, QA might own:
“Reduce blocker bug rate by 50% before major release.”
This cascading model creates clear goal alignment across functions—so engineers, artists, marketers, and designers all see how their work connects.
- Weekly Planning and Check-ins
Once OKRs are in place, Weekdone shifts focus to weekly activity.
Each team member submits a short update based on the PPP model:
- Plans: What I intend to do this week
- Progress: What I accomplished last week
- Problems: Where I’m blocked or need help
These weekly updates are lightweight—designed to take 5–10 minutes—and can be reviewed asynchronously by managers and teammates. They’re also linked to OKRs, so every piece of progress has strategic context.
You can use this update to replace or enhance your standups, especially for distributed teams. It becomes the heartbeat of execution—one shared rhythm across departments.
- Insights, Reviews, and Coaching Moments
Managers and team leads get visual dashboards showing:
- % progress on each key result
- Who’s on track, blocked, or drifting
- Weekly themes across teams (e.g., repeated problems, missed plans)
You can comment directly on updates, give feedback with one click, and create lightweight “1:1s” based on weekly trends.
The goal here isn’t micro-management—it’s micro-alignment. A way to spot drift before it becomes damage.
Where It Fits for Game and Software Development
If you're leading in game or software dev, you're balancing speed and alignment every day. Weekdone gives you a low-friction way to maintain both.
- Production: Connect sprint deliverables to quarterly goals like reducing churn, boosting ARPU, or improving asset pipeline efficiency.
- Design: Tie UX work to measurable outcomes like onboarding completion, in-game conversion, or player sentiment trends.
- Live Ops: Ensure experiments, A/B tests, and feature flags are moving the needle on retention or monetization—and are being reviewed weekly.
- Support/Community: Track weekly issues or trends and how they influence broader OKRs around NPS or support satisfaction.
Whether you're working remote, hybrid, or on-site, Weekdone makes it easy for leaders to see progress without disrupting flow—and for teams to connect what they’re doing to why it matters.
What Makes Weekdone Unique
- OKRs + Weekly Check-ins in One Place
Unlike tools that just track OKRs, Weekdone embeds them into your weekly planning and review cycle. You don’t just set goals—you live them week to week. - Lightweight and Asynchronous
This isn’t a heavy platform that requires training, onboarding, or process change. It fits into your team's existing rhythm without adding drag. - People-Centric
Weekdone puts team members at the center—what they’re doing, how they’re feeling, and what help they need. This builds ownership and accountability naturally. - Built for Fast Feedback Loops
In game and software teams, velocity matters. With Weekdone, you can see when an objective is drifting within a week, not a month later.
Where to Learn More
- Main site: https://weekdone.com
- Blog: https://blog.weekdone.com
Final Thought: Rhythm Builds Results
At the end of the day, alignment is not a one-and-done event. It’s a rhythm.
Weekdone gives your team a simple, scalable way to keep that rhythm going—without needing new meetings, heavy tools, or process bloat.
You set the direction. Your team tracks progress. And together, you learn faster, adjust earlier, and hit what matters.
Because in game and software development, execution isn’t just about moving fast. It’s about moving fast together. And that’s exactly what Weekdone helps you do.
