DesignOps: The API of design teams Inayaili León SHE/HER/HERS @yaili Figma Con g 2022 fi DESIGN PROGRAM MANAGER AT GITHUB

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Design Ops! 💡 @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

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Connects endpoints A system where different things can interact Hides complexity Makes connections with purpose @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

Are you the design ops? 🤔 @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

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DesignOps fills in the team’s gaps. Every team is different. @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

DesignOps is a connector Design Community Eng HR @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022 Product Brand Marketing Sales Research

DesignOps is like glue: you notice it’s not there when things start falling apart. @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

🪣 🪣 🪣 People Process Tools @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

People — Example: Designer happiness ☺ @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

@yaili + Figma Con g 2022 fi [ Existing system] DesignOps = 🤩

Process — Example: Design quality ✨ @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

Tooling — Example: Figma plugins 🛠 @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

DesignOps brings strategic vision to how a design team operates. @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

Define the problem and goal before jumping to solutions and implementation. @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

Define systems and processes that don’t need you to function. @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

DesignOps at GitHub

Design onboarding projects @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

Encourage feedback Make time to listen Don’t get defensive @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

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Start small 🥚 🐣 🐓 fi g 2022

Sharing work in progress 🤷 @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

DesignOps needs to balance the team’s need for change with the human need for stability. @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

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Who’s doing your DesignOps work right now? 🤨 @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

These folks may be doing DesignOps… Project managers Design managers @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022 Product managers Designers You? Engineers Eng managers

Is the work being celebrated? 🥳 @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

DesignOps never starts from scratch. Start by amplifying the good. @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

What DesignOps projects will make a difference? 💝 @yaili fi Figma Con g 2022

Thank you Inayaili León SHE/HER/HERS @yaili DESIGN PROGRAM MANAGER AT GITHUB Figma Con g 2022 fi INSTAGRAM: @YAILI TWITTER: @YAILI