Aligning UX designers and UI developers work with design systems

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Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Master's thesis

Date

2021-12-15

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International Design Business Management (IDBM)

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SCI3062

Degree programme

Master’s Degree Programme in International Design Business Management (IDBM)

Language

en

Pages

61+1

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Abstract

There is a lot of evidence of a significant gap between design and development processes and applied approaches. However, applied together, they form the nowadays’ reality of the UI creation. At the same time, design systems — a relatively new concept emerged in the industry — affects the workflows of designers and developers. It is meant to ensure the implementation of designs and guide the teams through multidisciplinary collaboration. The aim of this thesis was to study the role of design systems (as an approach and as an artefact) for the UI creation. This research specifically focuses on the alignment between UX interface designers and UI software developers and the impact of design systems on that process. The results of the research illustrate the new workflow practicing by the design-and-development teams, describe in detail the impact of design systems on the sub-processes of this workflow, and show that using design systems as a part of the software creation process brings the projects and organizations to the highest levels of maturity according to CMMI-DEV representation. These results have both scientific and practical meanings. Using design systems is recommended to speed up the design-and-development process and enhance the maturity level of this process and the organization.

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Nieminen, Marko

Thesis advisor

Nieminen, Marko

Keywords

design systems, UCD, ASD, CMMI-DEV

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