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DesignOps Assembly LL - NTDO - Team of One - Summer Cohort - 2022

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DesignOps Assembly LL - NTDO - Team of One - Summer Cohort - 2022

An HQ for our cohort

Frances Yllana

Team Profiles

Details and skill-scaling

Resource list

Recommendations for the team by the team

Class Notes

Code of Conduct

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Learning Labs: New to DesignOps / Teams of One

Your Goals

Actively engage 12 week virtual learning to level-up skills with peers & experts

Co-curate topics to fit the collective needs of the group

Learn how to tackle the most common challenges, discuss with peers, and tailor solutions for your road ahead

Be open to discuss and ask for advice for your specific challenges

Walk away with more confidence and connections

Syllabus

Session #1: Kick-off

Session #2: Role of Design Ops in a Design Org + Different Types of Ops Roles

Session #3: Standing up a Design Ops Team + Initial Projects

Session #4: Competencies + Careers + Measuring Impact

Session #5: Frances’s Listening Tour Readout

Session #5: Priorities + Projects + Progreams

Session #6: Managing Tools + Change + Wrap up

Miro Board PDFs

(Consolidated with Live Links)

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SUMMER 2022 LAB OUTLINE

Column 1

Week

Theme

Topic / Agenda + Exercise Idea

Homework: General Assignment

Homework Assigned: Reading

Share-In-Slack Prompts

LINK: Lightning Talk (Original)

LINK: Figma Chapters

Miro Board/Frame

Added Recs + Resources

Week of 5/25

Pre-Cohort

Slack Group Intros

Find recurring session time

Share in Slack:

Slack channel intros with fun facts

Week of 6/6

Icebreakers + Curate Curriculum

Housekeeping:

Code of conduct & Operating norms

Warm ups

Curate topics

Create your User Manual

Read others User Manuals that are posted in Slack

Review the "

DesignOps Handbook⁠

Share your User Manual

Answer in Slack:

How might we use the User Manuals in different scenarios in your work? (community, relationships, etc., onboarding)

Personal User Manual Templates

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Dropbox Paper⁠

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Atlassian⁠

Play

Atlassian Keynote

(download)⁠

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Miro⁠

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Taylor Oliva shared hers in Slack.⁠

(Copy and use as guide)

Personal User Manual Guidance

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https://medium.com/10x-curiosity/communicating-to-yourself-and-others-your-personal-user-manual-and-other-great-tools-cb015400ee02⁠

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Week of 6/22

Role of Design Ops + DesignOps Roles

Warm Up

Video

Lightning Talk

Discussion

Complete the Design Ops Menu Worksheet --

Template here⁠

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A Pocket Guide to Design Operations, by Rachel Posman⁠

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4 Traits Shared By the Best Design Program Managers, by Cortney Kaplan⁠

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Team Ops and Product Ops: The Perfect DesignOps Pair, by John Calhoun and Rachel Posman⁠

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Share your DesignOps Menu Worksheet (optional)

Answer in Slack:

What other Ops roles do you have in your company or are aware of? How might these be similar or different from Design Operations?

Does your team have a Design Ops career ladder? What are the levels and competencies with the ladder?

If you don’t one, take a look at the article from Brennan Hartich (below) and share which competencies you would start with when drafting V1 of your Design Ops career ladder.

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DOA LL NTDO: Session 2 - Role of Design Ops & Types⁠

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The Role of DesignOps⁠

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Initial Projects⁠

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pw: 2022-cohort

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Listening Tour Interview Guide⁠

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Week of 7/4

Competencies + Career Paths / Initial Projects

Warm Up

Lightning Talk

Discussion

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DesignOps: 5 Common Team Structures⁠

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ROI of DesignOps: All You Need to Know About Quantifying DesignOps’ Impact⁠

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Operational efficiency and operational efficacy: defining DesignOps’ metrics⁠

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Answer in Slack:

How have you measured success in your past roles?

What are your go to metrics to quantify the work you’re doing?

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DOA LL NTDO: Session 3 - Standing up a DesignOps Function - Part 1⁠

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Initial Projects⁠

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Competencies + Career Paths⁠

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pw: 2022-cohort

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Measuring DesignOps⁠

(Dave M.)

Week of 7/18

Team Structures + Success Measures

Warm Up

Lightning Talk

Discussion

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What’s a Design Program Manager and How Can My Team Get One?⁠

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Creating Career Levels for DesignOps⁠

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Justify DesignOps Headcount with the CVV Equation (Medium article)⁠

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Creating Levels for DOps by Brennan Hartich⁠

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5 keys to scaling DOps by Adam Fry-Pierce⁠

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Answer in Slack:

Of the list of “Where to Start: Design Ops hire #1 projects + wins!” are there things you’re already doing? Things you want to do?

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DOA LL NTDO: Session 4 - The DesignOps Function - Part 2 + Measures of Success⁠

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Team Structures⁠

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Measuring Impact⁠

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pw: 2022-cohort

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Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams⁠

by Kristin Skinner and Peter Merholz

Week of 8/10

Frances Share Out: Listening Tour Readout

Video

Note: Frances had Covid; video-only session

—— Not applicable ——

Answer in Slack (optional):

What questions do you still have about DesignOps?

NDA

Week of 8/16

Prioritization + Programs + Projects

Warm Up

Lightning Talk

Discussion

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Mapping Organizational Culture⁠

- Hyper Island Toolbox (Complete the exercise with a teammate)

Answer in Slack:

What questions do you still have about DesignOps?

Reflect on your the Learning Lab experience by sharing what you learned and how you might use it moving forward .

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DOA LL NTDO: Session 6: Prioritizating Your Roadmap⁠

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Prioritizing Impact⁠

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Projects Programs Portfolios⁠

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pw: 2022-cohort

Tooling Reading

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Tools for DesignOps Specialists⁠

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Friends of Figma: DesignOps⁠

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Integrating Tools in DesignOps⁠

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Tools for DesignOps Managers⁠

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DOps Program Management Playbook⁠

(Jacqui F.)

Additional Resources

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Angelos Arnis DesignOps Processes Miro Template⁠

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Week of 8/25

Tools + Change + Wrap up

Warm Up

Lightning Talk

Wrap up any open-ended conversations

Reflect on the Learning Lab experience, provide tangible examples of what you learned and how you will use it moving forward

Answer in Slack:

Share your final thoughts

What is your T3 (top 3 goals) for moving forward?

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DOA LL NTDO: Managing Tools + Change⁠

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pw: 2022-cohort

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DOA LL NTDO: Managing Tools + Change⁠

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pw: 2022-cohort

Fall Reading

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Building DesignOps Through Strong Design Culture⁠

/ Meredith Black + Maria Giudice

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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups⁠

by Daniel Coyle

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DropBox: Tools for Community Building in Virtual First⁠

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DropBox: Virtual First Toolkit⁠

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DropBox: Virtual First Onboarding Game⁠

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Atlassian: Our definitive, road-tested virtual onboarding checklist⁠

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Asana: New hire checklist for managers⁠

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Empathy, onboarding and design operations⁠

(Abby Smith)

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Angelos Arnis DesignOps Processes Miro Template⁠

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Learning Labs: New to DesignOps / Teams of One

Miro Board PDFs

(Consolidated with Live Links)

SUMMER 2022 LAB OUTLINE

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