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Align Design & Development
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This case demonstrates the journey of aligning the Design System across developers' system with the designers
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The goal is to eliminate inconsistencies
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Improve team-collaboration and user experience
Challenge
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The design system was not fully aligned with the developers' UI library, which led to poor collaboration between teams
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Lack of documentation and UX dept resulted in inconsistent design implementations
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This misalignment created
inconsistencies in the user experience across suite of applications
Implementation steps
1. Prioritization Matrix
Built a prioritization matrix to evaluate components by use and refactor cost.
2. Rice Framework
Apllied the RICE framework for an efficient plan
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
3. Planning
Created a strategic roadmap with estimation breakdown, following atomic design principles to guide teams in the upcoming quarters
4. Documentation Template
Created a live Design System documentation, with predefined template sections for consistent and seamlessly content
5. Designers vs Developers Components Alignment
The designers' and developers' Storybook components must be identical for full alignment
6. Checkbox Documentation Example
Documenting the checkbox component in the template with a detailed description
7. Checkbox Anatomy Documentation Example
Documentation of the checkbox anatomy component
8. Review Gates
Implemented project processes with review gates to ensure team alignment on objectives and deliverables before integration into the design system platform
9. Tracking progress
Monitor component alignment between engineers and UX designers
1. Prioritization Matrix
Built a prioritization matrix to evaluate components by use and refactor cost.
2. Rice Framework
Apllied the RICE framework for an efficient plan
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
3. Planning
Created a strategic roadmap with estimation breakdown, following atomic design principles to guide teams in the upcoming quarters
4. Documentation Template
Created a live Design System documentation, with predefined template sections for consistent and seamlessly content
5. Designers vs Developers Components Alignment
The designers' and developers' Storybook components must be identical for full alignment
6. Checkbox Documentation Example
Documenting the checkbox component in the template with a detailed description
7. Checkbox Anatomy Documentation Example
Documentation of the checkbox anatomy component
8. Review Gates
Implemented project processes with review gates to ensure team alignment on objectives and deliverables before integration into the design system platform
9. Tracking progress
Monitor component alignment between engineers and UX designers
1. Prioritization Matrix
Built a prioritization matrix to evaluate components by use and refactor cost.
2. Rice Framework
Apllied the RICE framework for an efficient plan
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
3. Planning
Created a strategic roadmap with estimation breakdown, following atomic design principles to guide teams in the upcoming quarters
4. Documentation Template
Created a live Design System documentation, with predefined template sections for consistent and seamlessly content
5. Designers vs Developers Components Alignment
The designers' and developers' Storybook components must be identical for full alignment
6. Checkbox Documentation Example
Documenting the checkbox component in the template with a detailed description
7. Checkbox Anatomy Documentation Example
Documentation of the checkbox anatomy component
8. Review Gates
Implemented project processes with review gates to ensure team alignment on objectives and deliverables before integration into the design system platform
9. Tracking progress
Monitor component alignment between engineers and UX designers
1. Prioritization Matrix
Built a prioritization matrix to evaluate components by use and refactor cost.
2. Rice Framework
Apllied the RICE framework for an efficient plan
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
by leveraging data-driven analytics to enhance decision making
3. Planning
Created a strategic roadmap with estimation breakdown, following atomic design principles to guide teams in the upcoming quarters
4. Documentation Template
Created a live Design System documentation, with predefined template sections for consistent and seamlessly content
5. Designers vs Developers Components Alignment
The designers' and developers' Storybook components must be identical for full alignment
6. Checkbox Documentation Example
Documenting the checkbox component in the template with a detailed description
7. Checkbox Anatomy Documentation Example
Documentation of the checkbox anatomy component
8. Review Gates
Implemented project processes with review gates to ensure team alignment on objectives and deliverables before integration into the design system platform
9. Tracking progress
Monitor component alignment between engineers and UX designers
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Impact
User Friction Reduction
Track the decrease in UI-related support tickets and session drop-offs due to inconsistencies
Error Reduction
Track the decline in design-related bugs and inconsistencies reported across applications
Cross-Team Collaboration
Measure team efficiency
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