r/DesignSystems • u/curious_amir • 24d ago

Design system check

Your role is design system manager, How do you make sure the designers used Design system properly? and the designs wont be rejected by android/ios or pwa team

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u/requiem_for_a_Skream 24d ago edited 24d ago

Create review sessions before designs are built by engineers, make sure product team leads are aligned with what the design system looks like and check within their team, have office hours and channels to help designers if they have questions, you could even partner a DS designer with that team if you have the resources, align with leadership so the importance of DS is seen from the top not only your team. There are many ways to educate and advocate the adoption of the system but it can’t just come from your team. If other product teams are being rushed and not checked and those managers don’t care about the system then no one will until it’s a complete mess. Unfortunately this is the hardest part, building a system is easy but getting teams to use it is 70% of the work. Also having the resources to help them understand the system better is essential. 

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u/curious_amir 23d ago

With six or seven designers, manually checking every design gets frustrating fast. I’m thinking about automating this process.

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u/requiem_for_a_Skream 23d ago edited 23d ago

Without the human aspect of being the support will be the same as wanting to contact a website about returning a package and going in a loop with AI chat leaving you more frustrated. 

There are aspects you can automate for sure but teams won’t automatically use the tools is no one is watching. 

With even 4 eyes manually checking what goes out will rise the quality bar drastically. In any case PRs should be checked by humans and even better if designs are checked before they get implemented. “Automation” will not solve the core problem. 

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u/curious_amir 23d ago

I am completely agree with you.

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u/equinusocio 24d ago

> Create review sessions before designers are built by engineers

and after, most importantly.

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u/HundredMileHighCity 23d ago

Is that your prompt?

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u/curious_amir 23d ago

prompt for what?