How Engineers Led a Redesign of Our Design Tool
summary
An engineering-led effort replaced Excel wireframes and duplicated Adobe XD files with Figma, using its web-based files, versioning, and comment threads to shift to asynchronous comment reviews instead of long sync meetings. The migration began as a small proof-of-concept on a new app using Figma’s free multiuser tier, importing XD SVGs and adding animated prototypes to surface UX issues early, resulting in fewer meetings, faster design-to-engineering handoffs, and gradual companywide adoption.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Engineer-led redesign
- 1:05Design tool for dev teams
- 3:13Existing tool challenges
- 5:28Figma adoption criteria
- 8:16Phased Figma rollout
- 11:52Figma in new projects
- 14:59Figma migration
- 16:25Process changes
- 18:59Redesign summary
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