Ansarada design system ACE – Retro
We are focussed on continual improvements
Add documentation for ACE design tokens + redesign
Why
Vision
As designers, we focus on understanding customer problems and produce detailed, well thought out interaction design solutions.
The artefacts we create are low-fidelity wireframes that map customers lives and how they interact with our product.
We optimise our wireframes for development by defining which ACE component to use and where.
We use ACE as a source of truth, as it contains our design language—visual and interaction.
Every product person at Ansarada is well versed in how to use ACE and what it contains.
We default to ACE—Only developing new components when there is a clear need.
The design of new components in ACE follows our design practice. Therefore, Sketch is used ONLY at the end to craft the GUI.
It is not a priority to align demos or prototypes to the brand.
Goals
As with the nature of Design, we need to move rapidly, follow consistent practices in our approach, and create momentum through efficient practices.
Our goal is to investigate, share and plan a solution that enables this and their ability to consume the design system better as part of their design practice.
Hypothesis
Defining the way design (and product) consumes ACE, will align our focus on understanding customer problems and detailed interaction design, not GUI.
How
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Research design tooling/methods that enable the ability to work rapidly with up-to-date ACE React components
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Run tests / demos cases to determine:
- Whether or not they work with our current ACE infrastructure. If not, what is required to get it working
- Effort to implement vs learning required vs output benefits
- Plan a solution for designers
Objectives
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Discover what ACE means to them
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Discover what is limiting ACE adoption
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What are the steps to remove these
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Allow people to participate in the design research process
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Uncover and explore problem areas first-hand
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How are ran the session
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Facilitate a retro to discuss what we need to stop, start, and continue doing in regards to ACE
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Discuss each sticky-notes written
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Run discussion to allow each contributor to expand and explain their thoughts behind their sticky-notes
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Identify action points
How are ran the session
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Facilitate a retro to discuss what we need to stop, start, and continue doing in regards to ACE
-
Discuss each sticky-notes written
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Run discussion to allow each contributor to expand and explain their thoughts behind their sticky-notes
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Identify action points
