Where Does DesignOps Belong?

The Flying Wallendas 7-person pyramid on a tight rope

I am asked often where does DesignOps land in a design organization?

To answer this is both easy but has some subtleties. The subtleties are mostly about scaling DesignOps over time. Most of the time the activities of operationalizing a design organization resides within the leadership of the design team. In fact, THE leader of the design organization of a team of 10…