Operately Releases

Work Map, Project Discussions, Streamlined Workflows, and more - v1.0

July 28, 2025

Operately v1.0 is here! This release brings the new Work Map for visualizing goals and projects, dedicated Project Discussions, and streamlined workflows. Quick Add makes it simple to plan goals and projects for a quarter or year, helping teams stay aligned and work efficiently.

We’re confident to call it v1.0#

After several months of rapid iteration and feedback from our early adopters, Operately has matured beyond its initial vision. The jump from v0.4 to v1.0.0 marks our transition from experimental releases to a stable, feature-rich platform ready for wider adoption. This milestone reflects our commitment to reliability, usability, and delivering core features that teams need to manage work at scale.

Work Map: Visualize all work across your organization#

The new Work Map gives you a clear, hierarchical view of all ongoing work in your company or within specific spaces. Goals and projects are organized in a parent-child structure, so you can see how high-level objectives break down into smaller goals and projects. This hierarchy helps everyone understand how individual pieces of work contribute to broader company priorities.

For example, a top-level company goal might have several subgoals, each with their own projects. The Work Map displays these relationships visually, making it easy to trace progress from the smallest project up to the company’s main objectives.

Company Work Map shows all goals and projects across your entire *organization, helping leadership and team members see how work is distributed *and track overall progress.

Space Work Map focuses on goals and projects within specific teams, so space members can stay aligned on current priorities and ownership.

Key features include filtering tabs to view different types of work, progress indicators, status badges, owner information, and the ability to navigate between spaces. Work Maps automatically update as work progresses, giving you real-time visibility into your organization’s efforts.

Work Map

Project Discussions: Collaborate where the work happens#

Every project now has dedicated Project Discussions. Have focused conversations about project scope, decisions, blockers, and updates right where the work is happening.

Project Discussions keep context close to the work, making it easier for team members to stay informed and contribute meaningfully to project success.

Project Discussions

Quick Add: Map out your quarter in minutes#

Planning your quarter or year just got simpler. Quick Add is built right into the Work Map, letting you quickly create goals and projects as you’re mapping out your plans. No need to navigate between different screens or interrupt your planning flow.

Whether you’re setting up quarterly goals or sketching out a year-long roadmap, Quick Add keeps you in the zone. Create goals and projects on the spot, then organize them exactly where they belong in your work structure.

Quick Add

Redesigned Goal Page#

The new Goal Page brings everything you need into a single, organized view. See your goal description, targets with real-time values, and all connected subgoals and projects in one place. The redesigned layout makes it easy to track what’s working, what needs attention, and who’s responsible for each piece of work.

Check-ins, discussions, and activity feed directly into the goal page, so you always have the full context of progress and decisions.

New Goal Page

New Profile Pages#

The new Profile Pages provide a complete view of each team member’s work and contributions. See what someone is working on, what they’re reviewing, what they’ve completed, and their recent activity—all in one place. The page highlights assigned work, progress indicators, due dates, and next steps for each person.

Your own profile is now available from “My work” in the top navigation and looks just like everyone else’s. This unified experience makes it easier to understand your responsibilities, track your progress, and compare workloads across the team. It also fosters transparency and alignment, since everyone sees the same information in the same way.

Perfect for understanding workloads, checking on project ownership, and getting context on who’s responsible for what.

Profile Page

Streamlined Goal & Project Workflows#

We’ve refined the core workflows that teams use every day by addressing pain points we saw in earlier versions:

Streamlined Goal/Project Statuses

Before: Projects and goals each had their own status sets, optimized for their specific workflows. But when viewing everything together, these subtle differences created noise and made it harder to get a clear picture.

Now: We’ve unified statuses for both goals and projects. This consistent approach makes it easy to scan all work at a glance, spot what needs attention, and understand progress across your organization.

Simplified Goal Creation

Before: Creating goals felt overwhelming, with too many required fields on a single page—such as defining all targets, choosing a champion and reviewer, setting visibility, and writing a description—which led to inconsistent objectives.

Now: The new process guides you step-by-step, focusing only on the essentials: the name of the goal and which team is responsible. You can fill in additional details later on the goal page, making it easier to get started and refine your objectives as you go.

Simplified Goal Check-Ins

Before: Check-ins were a bit of a guessing game. You could say how a goal was going, but it rarely told the whole story. Reviewers had to chase down details or ask follow-up questions just to understand what was really happening.

Now: Check-ins are straightforward and focused. You answer three things: What’s the status? Is the due date still accurate? How’s progress? The new check-in page puts everything front and center—no hunting for info, no back-and-forth. Everyone gets a clear, honest update in seconds.

Product documentation#

We’re also releasing our comprehensive Help Center with detailed guides on every feature. Whether you’re setting up your first goal or exploring advanced features, you’ll find step-by-step instructions and best practices to get the most out of Operately.

Sign up for Operately#

Ready to experience Operately v1.0? Sign up for a free account and see how these new features can transform how your team works together.

The service remains free while we’re in beta.

Self-host in 5 minutes#

Prefer to use your own infrastructure? Follow our self-hosted installation guide to get Operately running on your servers in minutes.

If you are already running the self-hosted version, follow the upgrade guide to update to the latest release.

Join the Operately community#

Operately is open source and available under the Apache 2.0 license. Join our growing community of users and contributors:

Special thanks to our contributors#

We wouldn’t be here without the people who’ve rolled up their sleeves and helped shape Operately. You’ve given feedback, fixed bugs, built features, and made the product better for everyone. Thank you for being part of this journey with us.

Your contributions help make Operately better for everyone. Thank you!

— The Operately Team

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