Peter Boersma Will Teach a DesignOps Workshop in 2023

Peter will make his CanUX debut in 2023.

 Workshop T1: How to Maintain a DesignOps Roadmap
} Nov 2, 2023   8:30am – 12:00pm

DesignOps helps design teams be more efficient, effective, and happy by creating the best possible circumstances for design. Whether there are one or more full-time DesignOps professionals available or just several people with the DesignOps mindset, coordination of DesignOps initiatives is necessary to have the biggest impact.

It helps to be working with a continuously updated roadmap for DesignOps, featuring prioritised initiatives and their rough planning and expected impact on the design team’s metrics. This workshop teaches you how to make sure the right DesignOps initiatives are executed with the right people, to have the biggest possible impact.

Workshop schedule (including 2 individual and 2 group hands-on activities):
  – 30 min: Introductions and intro to DesignOps
  – 45 min: 1. Inventory
  – 30 min: 2. Prioritization
  – 15 min: break
  – 30 min: 3 & 4. Distribution & Coordination
  – 45 min: 5. Measuring
  – 15 min: Q&A

 Speaker Bio: Peter Boersma

Peter Boersma helps organizations increase the chances of good design happening. Before becoming a DesignOps consultant, Peter was DesignOps Manager at Miro, supporting the team of 45 researchers, designers, and writers. There, he worked with the design leaders on maintaining the DesignOps roadmap and helping cross-functional teams execute DesignOps initiatives.

In previous roles as designer and design manager at companies like ServiceNow and Adaptive Path, he also worked on improving design processes, defining career ladders, or clarifying roles and responsibilities of designers and their peers in engineering and product management. Peter has spoken and taught workshops at more than 50 design-related conferences and has hosted the Amsterdam UX Cocktail Hours since 2001.

For more info, you can follow Peter on Twitter @pboersma.

*Image credit: Peter Boersma