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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 • DesignOps Summit 2023
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Speakers: Bria Alexander
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Summary

Curated by Sarah Campari Miller, John Kuda, and the host, this talk focuses on the practical aspects of design operations, developed over six months of close collaboration. Sarah introduced the term 'practical ops' to encapsulate their community’s drive to efficiently scale design efforts and amplify designer impact. John’s meticulous planning and empathy contributed significantly to the project’s success. Throughout the talk, the speakers reflect on how traditional conferences often fail to provide immediately applicable takeaways, inspiring them to design a day that focuses on concrete, present-day challenges faced by design ops practitioners. Topics covered include creating documentation teams actually use, defining and maintaining design ops roadmaps, integrating AI as a design partner, managing organizational documentation, and streamlining inclusive design practices. The event aims to give attendees tangible, personal tools to bring back to their workplace, making those missed messages and emails worth it.

Key Insights

  • The term 'practical ops' was coined to emphasize actionable, day-to-day applicability in design operations.

  • The collaborative curation by Sarah, John, and the host reflects inclusive and empathetic planning to address real community needs.

  • Many conferences lack immediate practical takeaways, inspiring a focus on 'today's job' challenges rather than future aspirations.

  • Making documentation that teams will actually use requires thoughtful alignment with real workflows.

  • Design ops roadmaps need to be clearly defined and maintained to effectively scale organizational capabilities.

  • AI can serve as a valuable design partner, augmenting but not replacing human-centered design efforts.

  • Streamlining inclusive design practices is critical to modern design ops success and must be integrated thoughtfully.

  • Good vibes and collaborative spirit among organizers can significantly enhance conference experience and outcomes.

  • The planning process involved weekly meetings over six months to ensure deep alignment and thoroughness.

  • Practitioners seek learning that helps them improve their jobs immediately, not only career-long goals.

Notable Quotes

"The term practical ops actually came from Sarah, who brilliantly commented in one of our brainstorming sessions."

"We like to get stuff done because it’s our job to scale the organizational ability to design and amplify the work of designers."

"John, Asara, for your expertise. You are thorough planning, your deep empathy and swift project execution."

"When the lights come down and I’ve returned from the conferences I’ve attended, I often find myself wondering what I really gained."

"I was yearning for something that’ll make me be better at my job today, not so once I’ve passed some invisible finish line."

"All three of us wanted to design an experience that felt personal to our community."

"Documentation your team will actually use."

"How to define and maintain a design ops roadmap."

"AI as a design partner, how to leverage a design system, managing documentation in your organization, streamlining an inclusive design practice."

"I hope you all leave from day two feeling like all those missed Slack messages and emails are worth it."

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