Design Systems Tool Stack

Design System Acquisition

This is where we lay the groundwork, understand what's needed, and who's on board.

• Design Audit: We take stock of our current designs and what we need.

• Workshops: We bring stakeholders together to hash out requirements.

• Educational Sessions: We spread the word on the design system's value.

• Showcase: We show off what design systems can do.

• Team Setup: We build our dream team across functions.

• Foundations: We nail down our core design elements.

• MVP: We craft a basic UI kit in Figma (or in code), just to see what works best.

• Case Studies: We learn from the best out there.

• Stakeholder Interviews: We chat with key players to get their insights and needs.

• Roadmap: We chart the course for our design system's journey.

Design System Activation

Now, we make the design system a natural part of our workflow and culture.

• Visual Language: We define the language and stick to it.

• Design Tokens: We define and standardize the visual atoms of our design language.

• Component Library: We build a collection of reusable UI components (in Figma, or Sketch)

• Iteration: We refine our system based on real feedback.

• Documentation: We create guidelines that are clear and easy to follow. Don't write essays.

• Tooling: We pick the best tools for our use case.

• Principles: We might tweak our design principles as we learn more and grow.

• Scaling: We grow our system to support more products.

• Onboarding: We teach newbies how to use our system.

• Workshops & Training: We keep learning and improving.

• Advocacy: We champion our design system across the company.

• Support: We help teams get the most out of the system.

• Governance: We set rules for how the system evolves.

• Operations: We handle the daily grind to keep the system fresh.

• Feedback Loops: We listen and adapt based on user input.

Design System Conversion

Here's where we spread the design system and make sure it sticks.

• Ongoing Workshops & Training: We never stop sharing, educating.

• Feedback Loops: We gather insights to make things better. ALL the time.

• Metrics: We track how well the design system is doing (in code and design).

• Support: We're here to help solve problems and guide users. Open the doors. :)

• Community Building: We create a network of design system fans. Trust me, it will be easier to grow.

• Adoption: We encourage everyone to jump on the design system bandwagon.

• Regular Updates & Maintenance: We keep our system up-to-date.

• Optimization: We're always looking to do things better.

• Automations: We find ways to automate repetitive tasks.

• QA: We introduce quality assurance processes to ensure system integrity.