I organized several brainstorm sessions with designers, product managers and lead architects outlining what information we needed to include in the design system. What assets we need to provide. What guidelines and processes we needed to define. The different ways and purposes each team member needed to find and reference information.
I created the sketch design library and style guide while resolve styling inconsistencies. I placed all the design files and assets into a central location with version management. I initially used google docs to place all necessary documentation provided by each team so we could easily review and revise it. I created a table of contents and organized it by the identified filter options.
Design Challenge
I wasn't able to view the software. Being the type of person who
doesn't let roadblocks stop them, I had the sales engineers demo
each application while I recorded it.
We tested the new design system from requirements to development during the next application release. During the process I closely monitored design mockups, requirements and UI development. I questioned the team when styling or components had differed from design system and quickly made revisions. I continued this process until I no longer spotted any UI discrepancies.