DESIGN SYSTEMS

Documenting design decisions for improved clarity.

I have lead and worked on many design system projects through out my career. Including building a design system that would be shared across 8+ brands, to improve a family of brand’s speed to market and management of ecommerce efforts. I’ve worked on a design system that required extra consideration as a productized offering that a company would white label and sell to other companies in their industry.

Throughout all of these initiatives my primary role was to define a process for the creation, testing, and documentation of new components as they needed to be added to the system. This role was often performed alongside other product management and design duties to prioritize, build, or enhance new experiences.

A well documented design system improves all business functions, not just the design and developers. It should help research identify what to learn more about, it should help product managers prioritize work, it should help everyone in the business understand what objects exist in the system and how are people able to interact with them, plus much more.