Design Operations Los Angeles 2023

First Sessions Announced

We are busy developing an exciting agenda for Design Operations Los Angeles 2023 so keep your eyes peeled for details. Register your interest here to be the first to hear about new sessions and speakers!

In the meantime, check out the three new sessions announced below:

 

Amplifying the Power of Design Across the Enterprise

Design isn’t just for designers: it enables people to solve challenging problems, drive change, and reimagine experiences, regardless of their background. Amplifying the power of design across the enterprise requires creating intentional connections between design professionals and non-designers. That requires DesignOps.

Join Lona Moore as she shares her experience establishing ExxonMobil’s Design Program Office to connect and serve design professionals, skill practitioners, and a global community of design enthusiasts.

Learn how to:

• Establish and grow design programs that increase the impact of design
• Translate corporate strategies into scalable, proactive DesignOps initiatives
• Deliver seamless, unified services for design teams and customers
• Reimagine design career and skill development opportunities
• Impact and influence thousands of employees through the power of community

With Lona Moore, Principal Design Program Manager, ExxonMobil.

Unifying Cross-Functional Collaboration at Scale

Applying Effective Coordination Practices

Farid Sabitov tackles the practical realities and challenges of connecting design, product management, and engineering through coordination practices at scale.

Based on Farid’s experience pursuing cross-functional integration within large-scale organizations; from discovery to ensuring team adoption of a new way of working. 

The goal: to provide attendees with an actionable plan to foster a more efficient, interconnected work environment.

The talk covers handling pain points experienced by many DesignOps professionals, including: 

• Understaffed design teams
• Design treated as shared services
• A lack of cohesive connection between design, product, and engineering 

Going deeper:

• Using best-in-class issue-tracking tools
• The art of Cross-functional Collaboration of DesignOps, EngOps, and ProductOps
• Harmonizing program management, dependency management, and planning capabilities
• Frameworks that have worked and those that have not - how to create an actionable plan to improve cohesion in your own organization
• Dashboards and Metrics: ensuring enough information, not data overload, obscuring important triggers. Dashboards and metrics need to enhance coordination while providing decision-makers with a unified view of all key aspects. Great dashboards are the foundation for better planning and effective decision-making
• Change Management: with insights on the creation of playbooks, maturity models, the integration of rituals and ceremonies, and the use of advanced tools for dependency management. Plus, why champions who help co-facilitate changes are critical for success 

A presentation rich in insights, case studies, knowledge of pitfalls, and opportunities for quick wins. 

With Farid Sabitov, DesignOps Consultant, EPAM continuum.

The Power Within: Embrace, Enhance, Excel for Success in DesignOps

In the dynamic realm of DesignOps, it takes more than a superpower to thrive! Join Changying (Z) Zheng who spearheads DesignOps at Cloudflare, as she explores the essential skills required to excel in the field and reveals the keys to success as a DesignOps leader.

Covering:

• The skills required - celebrate your innate strengths, develop untapped potential, and fortify areas of personal vulnerability.
• Understand and leverage your existing strengths – even more important than learning new skills.
• The golden path that unlocks new levels of achievement.
• Collaboration in DesignOps - no one person possesses all the necessary skills.
• The art of partnering with others – from individual limitation to enhanced collective capability. It’s the team that wins.

Join Z to discover how you can shape your success in DesignOps. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your journey in the DesignOps field, this talk will equip you with knowledge and insights to navigate challenges and seize opportunities.

With Changying (Z) Zheng, Principal DesignOps Leader, Cloudflare.

More exciting sessions will be announced in the near future. Make sure to book your spot before October 6 to save $100 with the Early Bird - Register Here.