leveling up your enterprise with style guides and standards

D. KEITH ROBINSON • PRODUCT DESIGNER • ATLASSIAN • @DKR

Leveling Up Your Enterprise with Style Guides and Standards

A little bit about me.

A little bit about Atlassian.

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Ali Baba & the forty dropdowns.

Bad UX.

Bad for buisness.

Atlassian’s Design Guidelineshttps://design.atlassian.com/latest/

Atlassian’s AUI Libraryhttps://docs.atlassian.com/aui/latest/

Salesforce1 Style Guidehttps://http://sfdc-styleguide.herokuapp.com//latest/

So, what is a style guide, exactly?

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BrandUser interface

CodeCopy

Design principles.

Living design documentation.

What is a style guide good for?

Increasing quality and consistency

Increasing speed and efficiency

Providing autonomy

Improving focus

How can I get started?

Declare a design czar.

Research, align and document.

Promote!

Iterate and plan for change.

And now for a few quick tips!

Start small

Show examples

Provide resources (assets & code)

Be explicit yet flexible

Respect your users and go slow

Make it public

Can I see some more examples?

MailChimp UX patterns. Voice & Tone.http://ux.mailchimp.com/patterns & http://voiceandtone.com/

eBay’s Design Playbookhttps://designplaybook.ebay.com/

Sláinte!

D. KEITH ROBINSON • PRODUCT DESIGNER • ATLASSIAN • @DKR