Bridging the Gap — Produce and Communicate Design Decisions to Developers

Integrating design into agile is a challenge faced by many teams. In development-centric companies, the gap existing between what is designed and what is shipped often fails to be ready for the end-user - even though the work of designers and developers should complement each other.

To help build sustainable and scalable products, designers need to think besides visual deliverables and be ready to engineer and maintain a shared design language, document design patterns, responsiveness, accessibility, versioning flow. Moreover, designers need to understand technical constraints and help developers understand and implement the designs, creating a collaborative culture of design and code. Accomplishing this isn’t easy, but isn’t rocket science!

In this workshop, Rayana will be concentrating on a couple of these areas: Design Requirements, Design Specs, and Unit Testing. Rayana will show you practical ways in which a little bit of knowledge in these areas can unlock the full potential of your design to be ready for development. You’ll learn how to create useful design documentation and to start thinking of ways you can improve collaboration with developers and solve UI problems in more creative ways.

SPEAKER
Rayana Verissimo, UI/UX Engineer @Backbase
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayanaverissimo/

Rayana has a background in Graphic Design and love for user interface development. With experience building out web applications and high-level designs within an agile set-up, her strength lies in UI Design and Engineering, hands-on HTML and CSS - helping to bridge the design/development gap and having fun in the process! Her current role at Backbase is to lead the design efforts of the Backbase Design System.

UX level: Intermidiate

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SCHEDULE
18:00 - Welcome with snacks & drinks
18:30 - 18:45 Introduction of LTUX
18:45 - 21:45 Workshop "Bridging the Gap — Produce and Communicate Design Decisions to Developers" by Rayana Verissimo
21:45 - 22:00 Networking & drinks

Note: laptops are not required for the workshop. We will provide everything you will need for participation and getting new skills :)

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WORKSHOP PRICING
We only have 25 spots available (first come first served) for this workshop. We charge a 20 EUR fee for workshop to help run the community.

PAYMENT
We accept payments via Paypal. If you don't have Paypal, a bank transfer is also possible. Please leave a comment or a send a message to any of the organisers for the details.

REFUNDS
You will be fully refunded if you cancel 4 days prior to the date of the event.

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SPONSOR
Happy Labs (https://happylabs.nl/) offers the possibility for teams and organizations to test their own ideas or digital products in a fully furnished UX Lab. All without the hassle or a major investment. Everything will be taken care of, from setting up the equipment, like eye-tracking, livestreams and devices, to recruiting the participants.
Happy labs can also provide an experienced moderator, translator or note-taker. They will make sure you can focus on your research. All you have to do is show up and walk away with valuable insights.

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PARKING
There is no free parking available for the guests.
We recommend to reach the venue by train to Central Station.
The nearest parking is Q-Park Nieuwendijk (https://www.q-park.nl/nl/parkeren-bij-q-park/per-stad/amsterdam/nieuwendijk).

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY CONSENT
We take photos and videos during the event to use in recap blog posts, social media and promotional materials. By coming to the meetup, you give consent to take photos and videos of you. If you do not want to give your consent, please let us know at check-in or change your RSVP to 'Not Going'.

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ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY
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