Stakeholders
Building an effective design system is not an individual responsibility, you need more than just designers. Here’s a quick list of the disciplines that can be represented in your team to create an effective design system:
- Designers: to define the visual elements of the system
- Frontend Developers: To create modular efficient code
- Accessibility Experts: Accessibility experts to ensure your system conforms to standards like WCAG
- Performance Experts: who can ensure your system loads quickly on all devices
- Content Strategists: who can help the team nail the voice and tone of the system
- Researchers: who can help you understand customer needs
- Product Managers: to ensure the system is aligning to customer needs
- Leaders: (VPs and directors) to champion and align the vision throughout the company including up to executive leadership
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