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

Visit the following resources to learn more:

• @article@Designing the Design System