8. Existing Design Analysis

8.1 Understand the existing design process

Existing Design Analysis · Section 8.1

Investigate:

  • How do designs move from Figma to production?
  • Who approves UX changes?
  • How are components named?
  • Where are shared assets stored?
  • How does engineering decide whether to reuse or rebuild?
  • What testing exists?
  • How are releases coordinated?
  • Which teams have unique requirements?

Also measure the organization's design maturity.

A technically perfect design system will fail if its workflow does not fit the company.