DesignOps: The API of design teams @yaili Converge 2022

@yaili Converge 2022

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Design Ops! 💡 @yaili Converge 2022

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Are you the design ops? 🤔 @yaili Converge 2022

What is DesignOps? 😬 @yaili Converge 2022

Connects endpoints A system where different things can interact Hides complexity Makes connections with purpose @yaili Converge 2022

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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 Converge 2022

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Converge 2022 now-3 months 3 6 months • Hiring • Onboarding 6 12 months • Career development

DesignOps brings strategic vision to how a design team operates. @yaili Converge 2022

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

DesignOps at GitHub 🚀

How can design deliver value and not be a bottleneck? @yaili Converge 2022

Some things we tried…

Design onboarding projects @yaili Converge 2022

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Seek and foster feedback: good and bad @yaili Converge 2022

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Define systems and processes that don’t need you to function. @yaili Converge 2022

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DesignOps needs to balance the team’s need for change with the human need for stability. @yaili Converge 2022

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DesignOps’ focus changes as Looking ahead the team and company grow. @yaili Converge 2022

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DesignOps never starts from scratch. Start by amplifying the good. @yaili Converge 2022

DesignOps connects with existing systems. @yaili Converge 2022

Who’s doing your DesignOps work right now? 🤨 @yaili Converge 2022

These folks may be doing DesignOps… Project managers Design managers @yaili Converge 2022 Product managers Designers You? Engineers Eng managers

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Is the work being celebrated? 🥳 @yaili Converge 2022

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Thank you! @yaili Converge 2022