DesignOps: The API of design teams @yaili Converge 2022
A presentation at Converge in September 2022 in London, UK by Inayaili León
DesignOps: The API of design teams @yaili Converge 2022
@yaili Converge 2022
@yaili Converge 2022
Process & Design systems & Workflows & Onbo & Playbooks & Hiring & Project management & Research & Career development & Documentati Capacity planning & Change management & Community & Stakeholder influence & Strategy Templates & Practices & Scale & Budget plannin Metrics & Planning & OKRs & Bootcamps & Skills Learning & DI&B & Meetings & Workshops & Offs Dashboards & Asset management & Procureme
Design Ops! 💡 @yaili Converge 2022
@yaili Converge 2022
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
🪣 🪣 🪣 People Practices Tools @yaili Converge 2022
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
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
@yaili Converge 2022 on Unsplash Photo by Kaleidico
Seek and foster feedback: good and bad @yaili Converge 2022
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@yaili Converge 2022 on Unsplash Photo by airfocus
Define systems and processes that don’t need you to function. @yaili Converge 2022
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@yaili Converge 2022 Fibre on Unsplash Photo by Compare
DesignOps needs to balance the team’s need for change with the human need for stability. @yaili Converge 2022
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Add image @yaili Converge 2022Lanre-Ologun on Unsplash Photo by Desola
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
🫵? @yaili Converge 2022
Is the work being celebrated? 🥳 @yaili Converge 2022
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Thank you! @yaili Converge 2022
