Mission

Evolve existing Design Language System to be more inclusive for designers and engineers alike.

Summary

By design, lean is synonymous with efficiency. We address known friction points to unknown opportunities through rigorously refactor, onboarding and hand offs.

My Role

Championing the value of design systems. Outlining org benefits of maintaining a shared library of components, guidelines, best practices and cadence of iteration.

Connected Fitness APps

Adjusting after acquisition

Brands outwardly seems disconnected and not in harmony with each other.

Lesssons Learned

Gardeners, not gatekeepers

A design system shouldn’t be solely a policing tool. While it needs to ensure the product maintains the highest standards of quality and accessibility, you need to nurture a sense of shared ownership. Without it, teams will experience loss of momentum to create solutions because of lackluster adopted and implemented.

Scalableity

ONE SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL

Understand why it exists in context of usage, then the form will take shape.

taxonomy

COMMON LANGUAGE

Choose names… that make the most sense for the people using it.

iTeratE MORE

VERSION 1.0.0

Successful systems don’t exist in a vacuum, provide incremental value.

SENTIMENT

ANALYZE FRICTION

Understand the audience, each have different priorities & needs.

Design for People

Improvements for v2.0

Learn from the past, don't diminish the value of design in organization.

It was hard to use... So we didn't.

Engineer interviews

Making decisions together and talk regularly.
Getting buy in early from all teams whom will be using it.
Lowering cognitive overhead of development.
Find sweet spot of least resistance and expectations.

Guidelines & documentation

Best practices

Practical and helpful guidelines to streamline documentation. Guidelines, when to use x and y. Clear logic focusing on key scenarios to help everyone stay on-track.

SMALL STEPS OVERTIME

KISS Method

Don't do everything at once, manage expectations. It's a journey!

Keep it simple, stupid.

KELLY JOHNSON, ENGINEER

DESIGNING SYSTEMS

Merging Brands

My understand the role that each brand plays, evolve the identity of each unique brand to create something new. That attention at the beginning will deepen relationships with both customer bases.

Crafting Lean Design

Design Language system