DesignOps: The API of design teams

A presentation at GIF - Garaje de ideas in June 2023 in by Inayaili León

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Writing and sharing @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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“ Forget Coding: Writing is Design’s ‘Unicorn Skill’ fastcompany.com/3068938 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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From design to design ops @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Process Design systems Workflows Onboarding Playbooks Hiring Project management Documentation Capacity planning Community relations Stakeholder influence Strategy Templates Scale Metrics Planning OKRs Bootcamps Learning Meetings Workshops Dashboards Asset management Etc.

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Design Ops? 🤔 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Design Ops! 💡 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Are you the design ops? 🤔 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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What is DesignOps? 😬 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Connects endpoints A system where different things can interact Hides complexity Makes connections with purpose @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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DesignOps is like glue: you notice it’s not there when things start falling apart. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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DesignOps fills in the team’s gaps. Every team is different. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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🪣 🪣 🪣 People Practices Tools @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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DesignOps themes People Practices Tools Hiring Planning and tracking work Access to software Learning and development Budgets Plugins Playbooks Documentation Career ladders Capacity planning Design systems Building community Meetings Asset management Onboarding @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023 now-3 months 3 6 months • Budget considerations • Hiring 6 12 months • Career development

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DesignOps brings strategic vision to how a design team operates. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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DesignOps at GitHub 🚀

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How can design deliver value and not be a bottleneck? @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Some things we tried…

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Design onboarding projects @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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@yaili GIF Kaleidico - Garaje de ideas 2023 Photo by on -Unsplash

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Seek and foster feedback: good and bad @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Title Text Working with other teams Add image

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Define systems and processes that don’t need you to function. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Title Text Sharing work in progress Add image

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@yaili GIF Compare - Garaje de ideas - 2023 Photo by Fibre on Unsplash

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DesignOps needs to balance the team’s need for change with the human need for stability. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Title Text Looking ahead Add image

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Add image @yaili GIF Desola - Garaje deLanre-Ologun ideas - 2023 Photo by on Unsplash

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DesignOps’ focus changes as Looking ahead the team and company grow. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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DesignOps never starts from scratch. Start by amplifying the good. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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DesignOps connects with existing systems. @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Who’s doing your DesignOps work right now? 🤨 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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These folks may be doing DesignOps… Project managers Design managers @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023 Product managers Designers You? Engineers Eng managers

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🫵? @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Is the work being celebrated? 🥳 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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🤗 @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023

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Thank you! @yaili GIF - Garaje de ideas - 2023