DesignOps Resources – A Collection of Top Links

Researching DesignOps can take you down a rabbit hole of blog posts, whitepapers, webinars, talks, communities, and more! What if you had everything bookmarked in a single resource with links to all the best DesignOps resources? Well, here it is!

This comprehensive list of DesignOps resources includes everything from articles to tools and networking communities.

Table of contentsWhat does DesignOps do?DesignOps ToolsDesignOps Websites & BlogsSingle ArticlesDesignOps TalksDesignOps Books and eBooksBookseBooksDesignOps Podcasts & InterviewsInterviewsPodcastsDesignOps CommunitiesDesignOps EventsStreamline DesignOps with UXPin Merge

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What does DesignOps do?

DesignOps (short for Design Operations) refers to optimizing design processes, people, and technologies to improve the design organization and deliver business value for stakeholders.

The DesignOps role looks at several core areas:

Operations management: Developing a Design roadmap and setting long-term goalsProcess design: Identifying frameworks, templates, methodologies, and tools to optimize operational processesProject management: Optimizing design workflows, assigning projects, setting timelines, and removing any bottlenecksCommunication & Collaboration: A point of contact between Design and the rest of the organization while eliminating silosOnboarding: Orienting and training new team membersDesign team culture: Creating and implementing team building and culture initiativesBudgeting: Managing Design budget allocation and justifying costsLegal: Creating any legal documentation for designers and user testingProcurement: Managing procurement processes for DesignIT and Security: Working with IT to integrate tools with other software and ensure everything is security compliantDesignOps ToolsUXPin Merge – A code-based design tool to sync a component library to UXPin’s design editorAdele – A repository of publicly available design systems and pattern librariesStorybook – An open-source tool for building UI components and pages in isolation (more for DevOps but can use to display component examples in design systems. Also syncs with UXPin Merge)Pattern Lab – A Brad Frost project for creating Atomic Design SystemsMechanic – an open-source framework that helps design teams to create web-based design toolsDesignOps Websites & BlogsStudio by UXPinre:Work by GoogleAmplify Design by Dave MaloufDesOps.ioNielsen Norman Group on DesignOpsPatrizia Bertini on MediumSingle Articles

A collection of articles from design leaders and DesignOps managers.

Building DesignOps at REA Group by Cha’an ArmstrongDesignOps at Airbnb: How we manage effective design at scale by Adrian CleaveUnderstanding DesignOps and Its Role in Design Teams by UXPinUnderstanding the Value of DesignOps by Red DolanDialling Up the Joy, Turning Down the Pain: Design Ops at Spotify by Cliona O’SullivanThe Way We Build: How rethinking the Airbnb app changed the way we approach design by Alex SchleiferScale your speed-to-innovation with Design Systems by Ryan MulloyDesignOps – How to Improve Your Design Workflow and Operations by UXPinDesignOps: Unleashing the potential of our design studio by Mark ArgyleDistilling How We Think About Design Systems by Sarah FedermanA Design System isn’t a Project. It’s a Product, Serving Products. by Nathan CurtisResearch the Problem: How to Get Started with DesignOps by UXPinDesign Ops for all of us by Fabian FabianHow DesignOps Work – The Mindset of Design Operations by UXPinGE’s Predix Design System by Jeff CrossmanA Pocket Guide to Design Operations by Rachel PosmanTools for DesignOps Specialists by UXPinA Field Guide to DesignOps by Micah BowersHow to Write a Mission Statement for a UX Team: A Case Study in Design Operations by Kate Kaplan (Nielsen Norman Group)DesignOps TalksScale design efficiently with DesignOps 2.0 – Erica Rider, Developer Tools UX Design Lead at PayPalDesignOps 2.0 – Scaling Design (A different perspective to Erica’s first talk) – Erica Rider, Developer Tools UX Design Lead at PayPalMeasuring DesignOps’ Impact – Patrizia Bertini, Associate Director of Design OperationsHolistic Design Operations – Dave Malouf, Director of Design OperationsHow To Design a Plane While Flying It – Omkar Chandgadkar, Sr UX Designer at AmazonA Path to Proving DesignOps and Business Impact – Salomé Mortazavi, Director of DesignOps at SiriusXMDesignOps Layers of Impact (from a design program management perspective) – Maggie Dieringer, Design Operations Lead at Uber EatsThe rise of the DEO (TEDx) – Maria GiudiceLiving Design Systems – Jina BoltonBuilding a Strong and Resilient Design Community – Henry Stewart  Amplifying Design Value (DesignX Community) – Dave MaloufOperationalizing Design from the Ground Up (DesignX Community) – Anne PurvesThe Impact of DesignOps at ServiceNow – Peter BoersmaScaling Design with Peter Merholz (Adaptive Path), Anne Purves (Pinterest), Anne Thibodeau (Shopify)Designing for Growth – Netflix Case Study – Chetana DeorahKim Fellman @ Design Leadership Summit 2018 (DesignX Community)Airbnb Design Talks: Negotiating Chaos featuring Crisis Negotiator Rudy GranadosDesignOps Books and eBooksBooksRise of the DEO by Maria Giudice & Christopher IrelandWork Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead by Laszlo BockThinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows & Diana WrightDesignOps Handbook by Kate Battles, Meredith Black, Dave Malouf, Colin Whitehead & Gregg BernsteinOrg Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams by Peter Merholz & Kristin SkinnerMake Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration by Scott Doorley & Scott WitthoftThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemaneBooksDesignOps 101: Guide to Design OperationsThe Guide to UX LeadershipDesignOps Podcasts & InterviewsInterviewsDriving Digital Transformation at Scale: A Chat with GE’s David CroninDesignOps in a Post-Industrial World: Crash-Coursing Complex SystemsHow Designers Can Get a Seat at the TableThe Business Impact of Design – with Jose Coronado, Fabricio Dore and Patrizia BertiniDesigning Org Structures – Open Panel DiscussionPodcastsxOps TodayAirbnb DesignDesignOps with Patrizia Bertini and Leo MartiOrganizing DesignOps with Patrizia BertiniDesignOps from UX Like UsReimagine Digital Transformation with DesignOps & Atomic DesignOperate – Design Operations & WorkflowsHuman, the designer by Joint FrontiersNCOMMON: Jacqui Frey and Alison RandDesignOps CommunitiesRosenfeld – DesignOps CommunityDesignOps.lol CommunityDesignOps AssemblyDesignX CommunityDesignOps PortlandDesignOps EventsUXPin’s Design Value Conference – VirtualRosenfeld DesignOps Summit – Virtual & live in San Francisco, USADesignOps Global Conference – VirtualJoint Futures: A holistic design conference – Live in Helsinki, FinlandDesign It. Build It. – Live in Edinburgh, ScotlandUXistanbul – VirtualQRCA 2022 Annual Conference – Virtual & live in San Diego, USAUXDX – Multiple virtual & live eventsFluxible – Virtual & live in CanadaUX Australia conferences – Multiple virtual & live events in AustraliaUX STRAT – Virtual & live in Boulder, USAUX & Product Design Week – Live in London, UKStreamline DesignOps with UXPin Merge

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